[HPforGrownups] The Awkward Squad, was: Re: Shouldn't Snape hate Draco?

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 84797

"nibleswik" <nibleswik at yahoo.com> said:
Though I most certainly will not abandon
>my hopes that Draco will follow in Snape's footsteps, becoming the
>brilliant, shrewd, good guy who can still be an asshole, I love what
>you said.

I don't see this.  Not just because I don't think Draco will redeem, but 
because Draco lacks the wherewithal to follow in Snape's footsteps.

Snape has a brilliant mind.  He has above average abilities in two exacting 
fields (Potions and DADA), and there's evidence that he's an excellent 
dueler as well.  He has a strong character, and is courageous.

Draco isn't *any* of these things.  The only thing he's good at, that we've 
seen, is Quiddich, and this would hardly be "following in Snape's 
footsteps."  He doesn't have a strong character -- he's able to lead around 
a pack of high school students with the help of his high lineage and his two 
goons, but in any instance where these two things fail him -- such as any 
encounter with Harry where he's not backed up by Snape -- he's left in the 
dust.  And he's a coward, like most bullies.


Janet Anderson

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