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

[catherinemckiernan]

No: HPFGUIDX 85893

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ceefax2002" <C_fax at h...> wrote:
> (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.

I love "imprinting." Their behaviour is just _so_ alike - espcially in
the MoM. I think it's one of the things that makes LM a popular
character; we don't see him much, and we don't know much about him,
but when we see he's so like Draco we feel we _know_ him. OK, I do.
Rather like the metamorphmagus!illegitimate!Draco idea, too, even
though I believe it for less time than I believe Evil!Arthur (though
not Evil!Molly).

Catherine McK