ESE!Draco (was: Re: Sirius and Draco; was James and Snape.

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No: HPFGUIDX 113984

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "witchypooh67" 
<witchypooh67 at y...> wrote:
> > Alex said:
> > > it could be that [Draco] isn't *trying* to be cruel to Harry, 
> > > Neville, etc., he's trying to be *funny* to his Housemates, 
> > > and simply doesn't care (or notice) whether he's *also* being
> > > mean or not.  
> <snip>
> > > I don't see Draco as having necessarily crossed the line 
between 
> > > being an "arrogant berk" and being ESE! 
> 
> 
> Now Kelly:
> 
> I think Draco is ESE!  I am rereading CoS, so this is fresh in my 
> mind  "But I know one thing - last time the Chamber of Secrets was 
> opened, a Mudblood *died*.  So I bet it's a matter of time before 
> one of them's killed this time . . . . I hope it's Granger, he 
said 
> with relish." (US paperback edition Chapter 12 "The Polyjuice 
> Potion," page 223)

Hello all, I shouldn't be here, I should be writing my thesis, but 
in the name of a short break, I will put forward a suggestion.

I have always equated Draco malfoy with Regulus Black.  A goody-
little two-shoes from a good pure-blood family, who is all mouth, 
but has very little between the ears, and when it really comes down 
to it, is a complete coward.

I doubt that Draco will be redeemed, but I can envisage a situation 
where - after years of spouting pure-blood ideology (but actually 
*doing* nothing), watching daddy being ever so brave and mysterious 
and sinister and going back to the DE ranks, hating Potter et al., 
and being absolutely *thrilled* to know that You Know Who is back - 
I think that he'll try to take the next step, in becoming a DE 
himself; but, arrogant little shit that he is, he's not going to 
like being treated like a nothing by You Know Who, and frankly, I 
can't imagine You Know Who having a very high opinion of him, even 
if he is favoured-Lucius' son.  And... I get the impression that our 
Draco's a bit squeamish.  I don't think he'd like getting his hands 
dirty, I don't think he'd deal with the horrible things he'd be 
forced to witness very well at all.  

In short, I'm imagining that Draco's going to offer his services to 
Voldemort, (see footnote) and then panic, and try to run away, but 
Voldie doesn't allow that sort of behaviour, does he?  I suspect 
that Harry will end up saving Draco from You Know Who (and possibly 
Lucius - Lucius might be furious enough with Draco for embarassing 
him in front of the other DEs by being so cowardly that he offers to 
kill him himself); though whether Draco will then feel forced to 
join Harry against Voldemort, or whether he runs away into the 
sunset, his soiled undergarments flapping in the breeze, is anyone's 
guess.  

Footnote: Though actually, it's not entirely necessary (and I 
suspect that Lucius would forbid it, at least until Draco's finished 
school), all that's necessary is that he secretly watches a DE 
meeting that he finds ... distasteful.

Harry is *never* going to like Draco, and vice versa; but there is 
the possibility that, like Snape and Sirius, they may find 
themselves on the same side in the war, though I think that the 
hatred between Snape and Sirius was a hell of a lot more profound 
than that between Harry and Draco.  And Draco is not Snape.  (He's 
not a *patch* on Snape!). Draco's not even evil yet; he's playing at 
it, because he thinks his Dad's kinda cool, but he doesn't have the 
guts to commit any of these crimes, too squeamish to enjoy torture, 
and too afraid of getting caught to enjoy murder, I think Draco 
would make a lousy DE.

Back to the thesis,
Dungrollin.