Is Lucius Malfoy Abusive?

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 112243

Kate
"Hmm. Lucius beat and kicked Dobby,"

DuffyPoo:
House-Elves are slaves and are treated as such.  However, I only see two instances of Dobby being abused: beaten because he burned the Malfoy's dinner, and kicked through a doorway.  Any other pain infliction was done at Dobby's own hands.


"got in a brawl with Arthur,"

DuffyPoo:
My dad did that, well, not with Arthur Weasley, but he did get into a brawl.  Broke his own wrist and the other guy's nose, IIRC.  Didn't make him an abusive father/husband.  In fact, he was neither.  Arthur Weasley was a thorn in LM's side.  Champion of Muggles and we all know LM's opinion of anyone who isn't pure-blood.


"humiliated Draco for never beating Harry in Quidditch,"

DuffyPoo: 
I don't know when this happened.  Draco didn't play in PS, they played against each other in CoS but the tournament was cancelled before the end so HP only beat DM once, Gryffindor won the Quidditch Cup in PoA, there was no Quidditch in GoF and HP was off the team after the first game in OotP so any beating after the first game would have been done by Ginny Weasley.  The final that year was against Ravenclaw.  


"sneers at, threatens and goes out of his way to impede Dumbledore"

DuffyPoo:
Because Dumbledore is a friend of Muggles and "Mudbloods" and Malfoy thinks someone else should be in charge of the school.   As above, we know LM's opinion of anyone who is not pure-blood, and even of those who are but have 'no wizard pride'. 

"and is a known death eater."

DuffyPoo:
So does this infer that all DEs are abusive to their children?  


"Yup. I think it would be safe to say he's 
abusive." <snip>

DuffyPoo:
Unfortunately, I cannot agree.  I see absolutely no evidence that Draco is abused by his father or his mother.  He's a loved, pampered little spoiled brat of a prince.  LM gets sick of his whining from time to time but so do all parents.  LM bought Draco a racing broom when he wasn't on the house team - in spite of DM's whining - and bought brooms for the rest of the team to get baby-Draco on the school team.  LM used his influence to arrange the for the execution of Buckbeak for a mere scratch on his son's arm.

I was physically abused by my grandfather.  I was relieved, to say the least, when he died, although it had been some months since I had last suffered at his hands.  Yet when Malfoy, Sr is slapped in prison, Draco is angrier than ever at HP, to the point of personal threats.  I would think Draco would be relieved the old man is gone for a bit and that he'll be master of the roost at home, but he's not.  Not that I would expect him to walk up to HP and thank him....

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