Detour (Was Re: Draco chapter)

[Eustace_Scrubb]

No: HPFGUIDX 116963


SSSusan:
> Well, *if* I'm right that the detour is to get Daddy out of
Azkaban, 
> then I'd say, yes, Draco will be making his final decision for Team 
> Voldy.  
> 
> Some are thinking it could mean a redeemed Draco, but I just can't 
> imagine it.  Very near the end of OotP we see Draco threatening 
> Harry over what he did to his father.  If the Draco's Detour
chapter 
> is only #6, it could potentially be only a matter of weeks between 
> the threat to Harry and this.  Now, frankly, that threat sounded 
> pretty serious to me, and I don't think he'd change his mind and 
> become redeemed in a flash like that.  (Then again, I'm not one to 
> hold out a lot of hope for a redeemed Draco at any point in the 
> septology.)

Eustace_Scrubb:
Well, I agree that it seems highly unlikely that Draco would "detour"
off his life path, which seems to be something like "be worthy of your
heritage."

So...there are of course detours that are intentional (that is, one
decides to take a detour) and then there are detours that are
unintentional (for some reason one is forced to take a different route
than one planned).  Of course, there's at least one more detour type,
the sort that you take because your name alliterates with the word
"detour" and therefore makes a very snappy chapter title. <vbg>  I'll
assume that the latter is _not_ the sort Draco takes.

It seems as likely as not to me that Draco's detour will _not_ be one
he intended.  So many of his plans have gone awry over the years. 
Starting with one of my favorite lines in the whole series:  "A Nimbus
Two Thousand, sir...And it's really thanks to Malfoy here that I've
got it."

So perhaps he does try to spring Lucius from Azkaban, but ends up
doing something completely unrelated.  Then again, nobody seems to
think that Azkaban is going to be very difficult for the DEs to break
out of--Draco's "assistance" might not be needed or even welcome.

Cheers,

Eustace_Scrubb