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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