Draco

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 59821

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Rebecca Sylvester
<gypseelynn at y...> wrote:
> ...  Am I the only person that thinks that Draco will turn out to be
a good guy in the end?  I have a theory that Lucius will die and it
will be because of his association with the dark arts that he is
killed.  I think this event will traumatize Draco ...edited...  And if
you think it's rediculously stupid please don't send too many howlers
LOL!!!!  
>  
>  
> Beckah

bboy_mn:

You are definitely NOT the only person who believes in a Redeemable Draco.

I'm not totally swayed in his favor, but I do have a theory as to how
and why he might join the good side.

I think Draco has lead a very sheltered life and has never really had
to deal with life's harsh realities. Right now Draco supports
Voldemort and the DE's based on nothing but his fathers rhetoric. I
think once Draco is force to face reality, once he sees face-to-face
what it means to be a Death Eater, it will suddenly not seem very
appealing to him.

Draco sees his father as a powerful and unyielding man. I'm sure he
will be quite surprised then he sees his father crawling on the ground
groveling like a petty servant, and kissing Voldemort rosey red...
er... robe hem.

Draco is also somewhat of a coward. He has never had to confront the
harder more cruel aspects of life. I think once he has to face the
Cruciatus curse and the Death curse directly, or perhaps is force to
apply them directly, he will suddenly realize that being a Death Eater
is not all tea and crumpets. As a side note, I think Voldemort will
either use the Pain Curse on Draco and/or Lucius, and that will
stongly convince Draco that supporting Voldemort is a lost cause.

Next, to some extent Draco has his own 'god' complex, or superiority
complex. Darco is lord, he is not lorded over. When he sees his father
groveling like a servant, he will lose respect for him, and he will be
determined not to lower himself to being someone else's servant.

Once Draco sees all this, he will give some deep thought to
Voldemort's cause, and realize that it's truly is a lost cause. The
world Voldemort will create will be a world in ruin, total disarray,
and he will realize the while Voldemort may make a great dictator, he
is incapable of running a stable properous country. What good is a
world that has become a wasteland? What good is a population decimated
and the economy and commerce in total ruin? Not much. Draco fancies a
future as a prosperous and powerful man in a prosperous and powerful
world, a world is which he, Draco, is the master of his domain, and
that is not likely to happen with Voldemort.

Even after Draco comes over to the good side, he will still be Draco.
He will still be a severe odds with Ron and Harry. He will still be a
total jerk. And he will be on the good side because it is the side
that most effectively serves his future interests. He will be on the
good side not because it is the right thing to do, but because it is
the right thing to do for Draco Malfoy.


PS: I also believe there is a chance that Lucius will turn against
Voldemort for the same reasons. After more than a decade of living a
stable, comfortable, prosperous, and successful life, Lucius will see
the the instability and chaos the Voldemort is offering is not such a
good deal afteral. This is especially likely to occur if it looks like
things are not going well for Voldemortt. More than Voldemort winning,
both Draco and Lucius want to make sure that THEY are on the winning
side. 

Just a thought.

bboy_mn