Draco's redemption Was Re: Narcissa Malfoy: Good or Bad?

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "catherinemckiernan" 
<catherinemck at h...> wrote:
I wonder if the "loving Mum Narcissa didn't want Draco to go to
Durmstrang tale" is just an excuse. After all, there are good reasons
for Lucius not to want his son at Durmstrang. It's run by a traitor 
to Voldemort, so in that respect the head is little better than DD.
Moreover Lucius is supposed to be clean, wrongly accused, donations 
to charitable causes etc.etc. If Draco is at Drumstrang, people might
start to get the right idea, that Lucius is still heavily involved in
the Dark Arts. At the same time, loyal Death Eaters wonder why Lucius
sends his son to Hogwarts, home of the Muggle-loving fool Dumbledore.
Narcissa's alleged attachment to Draco is a good excuse for both
sides, and the sort of thing that can be plausibly uttered by a 14
year old boy (especially if that's all they've told him). Staying out
of the Death Eater inner circle is also politic - if no-one can 
accuse her, it makes it harder to accuse Lucius until he's caught 
red-handed.
> Catherine McK - voting for evil and cunning Narcissa
>

That comment is not the only reason I vote for loving mother 
Narcissa.  My main reason is that Draco reacted much more violently 
when she was insulted than he dd when Lucious was insulted.

I don't think Narcissa is nice.  I think she's a little bit like 
Regulus.  She believes "mudbloods" are worthless but she wouldn't be 
able to do the killing herself.  

If Draco doesn't become a DE, I think that wll be one of the main 
reasons.  Draco hasn't seen death or killing personally and I'm not 
sure he'd be able to stomach it.

I admit this is based more on impressions than evidence

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