What if other teachers behaved like Snape?

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Pippin:
You're going to have a hard time convincing me that Draco thought  that the 
mere sight of someone in Dementor robes was going to cause Harry to faint in 
terror. :)

Justine responds:
Actually, why the heck not?  
"Did you faint as well, Weasley?" said Malfoy loudly. "Did the scary old 
Dementor frighten you, too, Weasley?" (PoA, 69)
Draco is unrelenting in making fun of Harry because he'd heard that Harry 
fainted.  He believes it was because the Dementor "frightened" Harry; Malfoy has 
absolutely no way of knowing what a Dementor's presence does to Harry... no 
one really knows.  Even those Harry tells don't really understand, because (as 
far as we know) they haven't experienced it on that harsh level, and Harry 
certainly hasn't spoken to Malfoy about his experience.  Draco seems not to have 
had the same experience... when trying to collect bad memories of Malfoy, CoS 
the movie is all I can point to that says Lucius is a dominating father, but 
surely that can't be as horrible a memory as parents being murdered before one's 
eyes.

Draco doesn't know exactly what was behind Harry's fainting spell, so he may 
have little reason to think seeing a "scary" Dementor won't cause Harry to 
faint once again.  But, then again, of course, Malfoy can be an insensitive 
little git... perhaps the thought never occurred to him at all.  It could merely 
have been an impulsive prank...

Justine
    

    
    
    



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