The Importance of being Draco Malfoy

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 114081

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> Sophierom:
> > I agree that Draco is unlikely to become a "good" guy by the end 
of
> > the series.  As others have pointed out, there is just too little 
> > time left in the books to develop a convincing change of heart by 
> > Draco.  

<snip>

> SSSusan:
> One of my biggest complaints with the series is the 2-D-ness of 
Draco 
> [likely explained, as someone noted last week, by our seeing so 
much  
> of him through Harry's eyes only].  And probably *because* Draco 
> seems just a drawling, sneering smart ass, with little depth, I 
can't 
> see him having a major change of heart, either.  

<snip>

Geoff:
I've commented on this before. Because they were longish replies, I 
won't repost them to save bandwidth but might just direct your 
attention to them....

The first was message 110442 (Draco's Nature) and the second 110465 
(Draco and Lucius) - the latter included a lot of previous material 
re-quoted to support the point.

Geoff
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