Star draco

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 116287


Aura wrote:> 
> So, I was feeling ambitous tonight and decided to find sirius the 
> star in canus major. While I was researching stars, I discovered 
that 
> there's a star called draco. 
> 
> First think I thought was, "wow, JKR really did plan her books 
from 
> the beginning." The next thing was, "wow, proud Lucius allowed his 
> heir to be named in his mother's family's tradition." I wonder 
why. 
> In the WW, does the family line/inheritance pass through the 
mother's 
> family? Was Lucius gutter trash before he married money? (Gawd, 
would 
> that be hilarious.)

Hannah: I doubt that Lucius was 'gutter trash' though it would be 
funny if he had been.  But remember Sirius' comment about pureblood 
marriages (I think that 'pureblood' for the Blacks really 
meant 'rich and pureblood', ie. not a Weasley).  I don't think that 
it fits with Lucius' general demeanor either, though that sort of 
generalisation can be very misleading, I know. 

The Malfoys all seem to be proud of being *Malfoys.*  If the Black 
family were more important, I think Draco would make more it, 
perhaps be called Black-Malfoy.  Also with the WW's antiquated 
views, I think it's unlikely that the family line would pass through 
the mother's side.  I can see the logic behind the theories that 
Lucius is not as pure blooded as he thinks, or isn't as 
aristocratic, but I just don't believe them myself, for no better 
reason than gut feeling.

I always thought Draco was named that because of it's 
meaning 'dragon.'  It's the sort of pretentious name that Lucius and 
Narcissa would chose for the Malfoy heir.  OTOH, stars and astronomy 
and so on seem to be important in the HP books, so perhaps there is 
a connection.  I personally suspect JKR chose the name because she 
liked it and thought it fit the character, but who knows. JKR may 
not even have realised that there was a star called Draco, or 
thought of it as not having any significance.  She's good with 
sneaky clues, but rather like DD, she is also fallible.

Hannah, who admires Aura's dedication in looking up the star!