Sirius and Draco; was James and Snape.

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Alla wrote:
>>> I just feel that if JKR decides to change Draco in book 6, I 
will NOT believe it. Two books left, that is it and NO hint 
whatsoever dropped in any of the previous books that Draco has a 
fighting chance to see the light.<<<

Alex: 
>> I see what you mean here--JKR hasn't really left herself much 
room for a redemption story arc, since she would still have to *get* 
him to Ever-So-Evil, and then *back* to Redeemed, in only two 
books.  I'd say "neither totally evil nor Redeemed!" would be an 
option, except she's given him an awful lot of ink for him not to 
have any major role.  
 
I do wonder if he's an option for playing out the "The world isn't
divided into nice people and Death Eaters" concept, where Harry has 
to face up to the fact that Draco, while not nice, has never actually
been evil (this would, I guess, be the Misunderstood!Draco plot that
your post indicates you don't believe in).  But she's got plenty of
*other* characters to do that with, so probably not.  <Sigh.>  Which
is such a shame, because I *like* the little blighter.  I think in
real life I'd find Harry, Ron, and Hermione to be tedious little
goody-goodies.  Draco's got some edge.  
 
*I*, personally, find it a little disappointing that the Spoiled
Rotten Rich Boy introduced in the first book is apparently not going
to develop past that.  Harry pegs him as the "wrong sort" the very
first time he sees him....and, lo and behold, he's the wrong sort.  I
*hope* he'll be redeemed--but I think I agree with you that if he was
going to be, there would be *something* that a determined reader such
as myself could interpret as hinting at his Inner Goodness.  And 
while I maintain that evidence of his Inner Evil is inconclusive, I 
admit that there's not anything to point toward Inner Good.  <<


SSSusan:
Picking up on your last paragraph a bit, Alex, as for me, I'll 
settle for something more than 2-D Draco!  I've found him one of the 
biggest disappointments in the books.  There's just nothing TO him 
that we've gotten to see.  He's simply a carboard nemesis for Harry, 
a sneering, drawling, snob.  I hope for some *depth* at some point, 
whether he's evil or redeemed or a tormented somewhere-in-the-middle.

Siriusly Snapey Susan