Lupin's Compassion and Draco's Parentage (WAS Re: Lupin/ShortMemory/Boar/Madam/S

[ceefax2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 85794

(snip all the Lupin stuff)

> Catherine McK:
> > << I'm happy with Narcissa spying on either side - just as long as she
> > gets a good part! And if the blonde hair is a clue that she is a
> > metamorphmagus like her niece, she could be a very good spy indeed! >>
> 
> Catlady:
> > Oh, ouch! Then Draco could be a metamorphmagus and his resemblance to
> > Lucius reveal nothing about his paternity.
> 
> But Draco couldn't have used his metamorphmagus ability from birth,
and he
> wouldn't have known to make himself look like Lucius.  Lucius would
surely
> have been suspicious if "his" new son had, say, bright red hair (no,
I don't
> suspect Arthur of having an affair with Narcissa! although, come to
think of
> it, that could make a good fanfic).  Is it possible that Narcissa
could have
> disguised Draco's true appearance somehow, if he isn't Lucius's son?
 Any
> magical change might have been difficult if not impossible to hide, but
> there's always good old Muggle hair dye.
> 
> Melissa, who thinks Draco most likely is Lucius's son but
appreciates the
> dramatic possibilities if he isn't

Personally I think Lucius IS Draco's dad, pretty much for the reasons
outlined above, but even if Narcissa had been a bad girl (your
husband's out every night torturing muggles, you get so *bored*, and
that kay*ooot* little squib you hired to prune the roses *will* keep
bending over...), Lucius's the one who's been around for the whole
child raising thing, as is fairly evident from Draco's imprinting. So
finding out his real dad's a paragon of virtue at this stage isn't
going to do a lot of good.

Ceef.