Why redeem Draco?

[Dimitar]

No: HPFGUIDX 60002

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Heidi Tandy" <heidit at n...> 
wrote:
> And that's apart from the fact that jkr's given him a father who 
is, at a minimum, psychologically abusive, as well as a teacher 
who's physically abusive to him in a way that even other teachers 
are horrified by. Why would she set up any sympathy for him over the 
course of the books unless she wanted to leave a door open to him 
being Something Other Than Evil?
> 

Abusive!Lucius is mainly fanon, plus "My father didn't hug me" is 
hardly an excuse. The Trio was already going away in the forest when 
they encountered Draco so he was not such a big help as you seem to 
think. His supposed concern for Hermione doesn't rime with his last 
scene in GoF or any other Draco scene. I don't think that all the 
bad guys will be adults, and who is better teen baddie then Draco.

"Dimitar"