Harry & Draco friends, is he really that rotten?

[Metylda]

No: HPFGUIDX 100046


>  "Littlekat10"  wrote:
> > Jason wonders about Draco becoming good.  <snip>  If he were 
> > to become a good person it should have happened already.

 
Susan (teilani), can work Sirius in just about anywhere wrote:
> 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.  <snip> 
> 
> 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.  
<snip>


And I don't blame your for working Sirius in, but if
you work Sirius in, you should also work in Lupin. ;)

A few comments, though.  I'm not sure how much Draco
would have 'seen' at his parents house. Probably more
than a normal kid, but the DE's haven't been that
active since LV's downfall.  So he would have been
about 1 ish.  After that, I would wonder how much
would DE stuff would have been done. He might have
heard stories, but that's different than seeing
something dead and a creature drinking it's blood for
the first time. (Okay, I'm hoping it was Draco's first
time seeing something drink blood. Any speculation on
the Malfoy's being vampires?)

In regards to Peter, we also don't know exactly WHEN
he started working for LV. It very well could have
been while he was still at Hogwarts, which was the
impression I got. 

It would help if we knew at what age Lily and James
got married - to see how long after Hogwarts they were
married, and then had Harry.  Are we ever given the
present ages of Lupin or Sirius in the books?

bamf!

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