Harry & Draco friends, is he really that rotten?

[demetra1225]

No: HPFGUIDX 100054

Kyntor replies:
> I guess it is possible for Draco to turn his life around and 
> embrace the light (after all anything is possible), but I highly, 
> highly doubt it.  A misunderstood "evil" character turning good at 
> the last moment and giving the hero just the boost he need to 
> complete his heroic quest is a classic theme in fantasy literature.  
> The only problem is that it is usually foreshadowed.  JKR has not 
> even hinted that Draco is anything other than bad.
> 
> However, with Wormtail being a former friend of Harry's parents and 
> Wormtail owing Harry a wizard's bond, his "turning" would be 
> foreshadowed quite nicely.


Demetra:
What if the foreshadowing is Draco being sort of the mirror opposite 
of Pettigrew?  Pettigrew was the Gryffindor, one of the "good guys" 
who was tempted by the "bad guys" and did something terrible.  Nobody 
expected him to turn out the way he did, no one thought he was 
capable of doing the things he did.  The bravery of a Gryffindor, but 
used for evil not good. 
On the other hand is spoiled, arrogant braggart Draco.  Who really is 
quite a wimp when push comes to shove.  Yet he is the one everyone 
expects to support LV, become a DE and do bad deeds.  But what if his 
cowardice keeps him from doing so and he ends up on the other side.  
Saving his own hide, like a Slytherin, yet helping the good guys 
while he's at it.  
Just a thought.  Don't know if I believe it.  On the other hand...
{Spoiler Alert}...
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Draco sure came across as a snivelling wimp in the POA movie.  More 
so than I ever gathered from the books.    
Demetra (still trying to recover from seeing PoA on the IMAX screen 
without Dramamine)