Draco as LV's heir? (was OWLS - Draco Mystery)

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ali" <tsuki_no_miko at h...> wrote:
> > Well, we DO know that Hermione does indeed draw her wand on Draco, so 
> > perhaps at a later date, she "does him in" (so to speak) before she 
> > can control herself...being such a control freak; emotions, 
> > schedules, etc, it's highly likely she'll finally "snap" one day! 
> 
> I think I have to disagree.  Being high strung, she probably will snap someday, but we've 
already seen indications that she wouldn't go quite so far to "do" anyone "in" despite her 
being temporarily insane.  She snapped at Malfoy in Book 3, and while she did draw her 
wand, her determination wasn't enough to instantaneously do anything, giving her friends 
time to hold her back and giving her time to rethink her actions.  Granted, if Malfoy does 
something dreadful enough, there's no telling what would happen, but unless JKR actually 
does install Draco as the next dark lord, I think it's highly unlikely that Hermione will be 
killing Malfoy for his stupid baiting tricks any time soon.
> 
> ~Ali
> 
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Antosha:
I have to say, if Draco tries to set himself up as LV II, he'll last about ten minutes. He lacks 
Tom Riddle's ambition, his ruthlessness (he seldom follows through on his threats), his 
lack of fear (of anything other than actual death), and his ability to think big. From what 
we've seen so far of Draco, he's a snobbish, cowardly bully with more in common with 
Dudley than anyone else in the series--the only distinctions being that Draco is a) 
attractive (I think this is book-canon, rather than film contamination, but I could be 
wrong), b) wealthy c) somewhat intelligent and d) a wizard.

So if Malfoy the Younger decides to fill the power vacuum after LV's eventual defeat, I 
think he'll last about as long as he did when he and his goons tried to take on Harry in the 
train corridor at the end of OotP. At that point, Hermione *may* snap and turn him into 
something worse than a giant slug. But I don't think it will cost her a second thought.