Nott, Malfoy and Narcissa. Re: DoM and Nott, Sr

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 99226

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Mandy" <ExSlytherin at a...> wrote:
> > Carol:
> > Good theory. <snip> But as Potioncat and others noted, that leaves 
> >the motherless Theo without a parent. <snip> Theo taken in by a 
> >kindly Narcissa? That doesn't fit well with what we've seen of her, 
> >but since young Nott is a pureblood, at least it wouldn't degrade 
> >her (in her view) to show him some kindness. 
> 
> 
> Mandy here:
> I'm interested in how you can make that particular judgment of 
> Narcissa when we know so little about her, and what we do know 
> actually points to her being a kindly, loving mother toward her son 
> Draco.  <snip>

Carol:
As far as Draco is concerned, her behavior could as easily be called
indulgent as loving. And as you admit (in a part fo your post that I
snipped), she certainly shares her husband's pureblood prejudices (and
has apparently helped pass them on to her son). I'm not suggesting
that she joined her husband in Muggle-baiting at the QWC, but I doubt
that she disapproved of Lucius's behavior.

But I'm basing my judgment on the fact that Kreacher went to Narcissa
as the one Black (other than the imprisoned Bellatrix) that he could
still respect (meaning that she shared Mrs. Black's views of
propriety), that Kreacher gave her information about Sirius and Harry
that he knew could be used against both of them, and that "the
Malfoys" (not just Lucius) made sure that information reached
Voldemort. See Harry's conversation with Dumbledore at the end of OoP,
which unfortunately I don't have time to quote.

There's also Dobby's reference to his "masters" in CoS as "bad Dark
wizards." Obvously one of the "masters" is Lucius, but it clearly
includes at least one other person. If only one other person is meant,
IMO it's more likely to be the adult who is Dobby's co-owner than her
twelve-year-old son. Most likely, though, Dobby was including the
whole Malfoy family in his unflattering description. Given Narcissa's
nose-in-the-air behavior at the QWC, I doubt that she treated Dobby
any better than Lucius did. Harsh treatment of her servant, pureblood
views, and expressed or tacit approval of Lucius's little plan to
return Diary!Tom to Hogwarts would probably be enough to class her as
a "Dark wizard" in Dobby's view. But there could be more to her than
just the passive partner of a Death Eater. I very much doubt, though,
that she's on the side of Good.

Carol, who thinks Narcissa is a Black through and through and wonders
if she'll bribe someone to spring Lucius from Azkaban