[HPforGrownups] Re: Slytherins/DE and Girls

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 91965

ghingapuss wrote:

>But now to you seemingly less important (only because it's in
>parentheses) but interesting point. ;-) Who was Sirius' intended?
>Knowing how the WW like to marry young, and working with the idea
>that there is a limited number of prospective pure-blood candidates
>for marriage, parents would feel the need to hook up their offspring
>as soon as possible to avoid missing out.  It stands to reason then
>that the children of pure blooded families were most likely
>betrothed or promised to each other quite young. As teens.  Will
>some of the purebloods, Draco perhaps be dealing with this in the
>next book?

I think this is interesting as well.  Draco is the only son of a wealthy and 
socially prominent family (well, they were socially prominent until Lucius 
Malfoy went to jail ...) and would therefore be considered extremely 
eligible, especially since he's not bad looking.  (Okay, he's no Orlando 
Bloom, but look at the other prominent purebloods of his year -- Crabbe and 
Goyle and that stringy guy whose name we keep wondering.  As with the 
Prefect question, it's not so much that he's good as that all the other 
alternatives are worse.)

So what will Narcissa Malfoy (in the absence of her husband) do to promote 
an appropriate marriage for her son?  I suggest that during the summer, when 
Draco is at home, she'll start a program of parties at home, inviting 
eligible pureblood families with daughters, and also that they'll start 
travelling, visiting the homes of those families.  (It's been pointed out 
that other than at Hogwarts, there aren't very many opportunities for young 
people to see each other socially in the WW.)

Has Draco been seen in the company of anyone other than Pansy Parkinson?  I 
don't think so; they are partners in classes, run around together at other 
times, and he takes her to the Yule Ball.  If he's got a girlfriend other 
than her, Harry (and therefore the reader) hasn't seen it.


Janet Anderson

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