Hating someone Vs wanting them dead

[golden_faile]

No: HPFGUIDX 136681

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nickel313" <nickel313 at y...> wrote:
> I have been thinking about this, so I wanted to see what everyone 
> else thought. 
> 
>  Both these situations make me believe that despite 
> the fact that they both hated each other, neither James nor Snape 
> really wanted the other dead.

Laila wrote: 
I have definitely been thinking along those lines... everything is
life is not always black and white, there are a few grey areas and
this definitely falls under that category.
> 
> I see similarities in this regard between Harry and Draco. They both 
> hate each other. However, we saw the reaction of Harry after he used 
> Sectumsempra on Draco - he certainly did not want Draco dead. 
> 
> Anyway, this is just a thought and I would be interested to see what 
> others think.
> 
Laila Wrote:
Draco is definitely not as evil as he wants evryone to believe. Oh
yes, he's very spoiled and bigoted and alot of things... but Murderer?
I think that at first he thought that it would be easy and he had all
of this resentment and jealousy built up because he wasn't treated
special because of his blood lines and Harry was Dumbledore's golden
boy... how could he compete? I can't believe that he hates any of the
trio enough to want to see them dead and I think that he came to that
realization when He had his little chat with Dumbledore on the
tower... I think he came to the understanding that just because he
didn't agree with Dumbledore's ideas, or the general way in which the
school was run, did not give him reason enough to kill. He was still
thinking like a kid, but he got a rude awakening and had to grow up
real quick. It will be interesting to see how his character developes
after this, but I have a feeling that she is not going to go that far
ni depth about it. 

Laila