Why redeem Draco?

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No: HPFGUIDX 60068

Dimitar wrote:
<snip> Why redeem Draco? I have read thousands of posts in which
posters, overwhelmingly female, come up with elaborate explanations of
his actions just so he doesn't look so bad, ignoring the much more
probable explanation that he is bad little spoiled brat. Why does he
have to turn to the good side, there is nothing in the four books to
suggest that he has the slightest inclination to do that.  <snip>

Heidi Tandy responded:
<snip> There actually is one clear thing in book 4 to suggest that
Draco is not as inclined to wander down the Path of Evil as one might
think on first glance - it happens in the woods at the World Cup
where, instead of handing the trio over to the death eaters, or even
just waylaying them or otherwise hindering them, he tells them how to
get out of the way of the marauding death eaters.  <snip>

Loony Loopy (me) responds:
I interpreted Draco's "warning" as more of an insecure brat showing
off what he knows rather than an act of kindness.  Basically, he's
taunting the Trio with "I know something you don't know."  He tells
the Trio what's going on because he wants to see them panic.  He
thinks he'll be entertained by their fear.

Will Draco ever be redeemed?  I don't think so, not by Book 7.  He may
inadvertently or begrudgingly do a good deed, but he won't become a
knight in shining armor.

Loony Loopy,
who can count the days to OOP with the fingers on her hands.