Draco/Sirius Parallels

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No: HPFGUIDX 72872

I was musing over the Draco and Snape discussions that are 
frequently quite polarized.  Are they bad to the bone or just 
waiting for that perfect moment to redeem themselves?  My view has 
always been split (Draco: all bad and Snape: soon to redeem himself) 
until recently.  I started to see some parallels between Draco and 
Sirius and wondered whether this is part of the reason that JKR gave 
us a view of the Sirius/James band back at Hogwarts as part of OotP.

1)Sirius and Draco are both jerks at school.  They belittle others 
and tend toward cruel behavior.

2)Sirius and Draco both come from pureblood families.

3)Sirius and Draco are both from wealthy families.

4)Sirius and Draco are both from anti-Muggle families who are 
supportive of Dark Arts and Death Eater activities.

Here's the stretch:

Could Draco follow Sirius' path by finally seeing the evil of his 
father's ways and severing ties with Lucius just as Sirius left
his 
family late in his Hogwarts years?  Clearly, Draco is not ready for 
this quite yet as shown by his confrontation with Harry at the end 
of OotP, but maybe by the end of Book 6?  Perhaps, Draco can be 
saved after all.  His Slytherin nature will make it difficult, but I 
have hope for him now.

-hedgehog, recent discoverer of the blackhole known as FanFiction