Draco

[Brooke]

No: HPFGUIDX 59836

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "newdella" <Rosebeth710 at h...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Rebecca Sylvester 
> <gypseelynn at y...> wrote:
> > Ok, I'm not sure if this question - or thought- has been 
discussed, 
> although I know quite a lot has been written on the subject of 
> Draco.  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 and make him 
> rethink exactly how great dark arts are.  Either that or maybe 
> someone like HRH or any other good character will save Dracos life 
> causing him to take a different look at his life and the direction 
it 
> is taking.  I would love to hear any and all opinions on my train 
of 
> thought.  And if you think it's rediculously stupid please don't 
send 
> too many howlers LOL!!!!  
> >  
> >  
> > Beckah
> 
> I think that Draco will never see the "light".  I also think that 
> Lucius will die because of his association with LV.  However, I 
think 
> that event will impact Draco to make him worse then he is now so 
that 
> he could take over for his father.  
> 
> Just my 2 knuts.
> 
> Rosebeth

Hi Beckah.  I have been thinking along the same lines that you are.  
I think in many ways history will be repeating itself.  Draco and 
Lucius remind me of Crouch and Crouch Jr.  I could see the same sort 
of teenage rebellion happening with Draco.  

Crouch Senior was not a loving father, and I think that his son 
joined the dark side in angry rebellion towards his extremist 
father.  I don't think Lucius treats Draco very nicely (besides the 
fact that Draco gets anything he wants like Dudley, but unlike 
Dudley - Draco doesn't ever seem to get any postitive reinforcement 
from his father).  

I could see Lucius turning really nasty and prompting Draco to 
rethink his own ideas.  I think he's been following in Lucius's 
footsteps for so long, and sooner or later the teenager in him will 
come out and he will have his own opinions about things that might be 
in contrast with his father's.  

Another resemblence that I see is that Crouch Jr's mother sacrificed 
herself to get him out of Azkaban.  Canon tells us that Narcissa, 
Draco's mother, did not want him to go to Durmstrang because he would 
be too far away from her, even though that is what Lucius wanted.  I 
could see a possible analogy there with Narcissa making some sort of 
sacrifice to save Draco from his increasingly cruel father - which in 
the end might help Draco to empathize with Harry... wow!  sorry I 
rambled on for so long.  Does any of that make sense?  Like I said, 
just a theory I have, among so many others running through my head!   

Brooke