Harry & Draco friends, is he really that rotten?
Susan
teilani2002 at yahoo.com
Fri Jun 4 18:05:02 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 100031
"Littlekat10" wrote:
> Jason wonders about Draco becoming good. I think that Draco, upon
seeing
> the drinking of the unicorn blood, would certainly have been afraid
but that
> is because he is basically preteen. If he were to become a good
person it
> should have happened already.
>
Susan (teilani) here:
Why? From all the posts here on bad becoming good, redemption,
compassion, choices, etc., I keep coming back to Pettigrew. Mousy or
no, as a teen at school we readers are expected to assume that he was
at least an ok guy. Then, regardless of his motivation, he joins
LV. The Marauders' world goes to hell, and 12 years later, Harry
shows Pettigrew a bit of compassion, which PP seems grateful for.
Then when Remus becomes a werewolf, Pettigrew seizes his chance and
runs back to LV. What I'm saying is, it seems PP didn't go bad until
he was more or less an adult(21ish?). He chooses to sacrifice Lily
and James instead of himself. He later chooses (how old is he now?
33?) to run back to LV.
So, why would Draco had to have already made a _major_ choice by
becoming friends with a half-blood Harry and/or m*^blood Hermione
and/or poor pureblood Ron? Especially since drinking unicorn blood,
while disgusting and having terrible repercussions, is hardly the
worst thing LV has ever done, and particularly given the fact that
his dad, and possibly his mom, are dedicated supporters of LV. I
think it would take something really major to make Draco side with
Harry on anything. I mean, Harry's responsible for sending Lucius to
prison. Harry can fly better. Harry's not afraid of Draco in the
least, and Draco's bullying power holds no weight with Harry. Even
if Draco decided to join DA in book 6 or 7, I think there would be
tons of animosity between the two of them, even though they are
fighting on the same side. Sort of a Snape/Sirius thing.
Susan (told ya, I can work Sirius in just about anywhere ;-)
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