[HPforGrownups] Why protect the Malfoys?

[Lynx412 at AOL.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 137110

In a message dated 8/9/2005 9:41:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
AllieS426 at aol.com writes:

> Why offer to protect Lucius???  That, to me, is going above and 
> beyond the call of duty.  Lucius Malfoy was a willing participant in 
> the activities of the Death Eaters the last time around, and he 
> joined up right away as soon as Voldemort returned.  He has, I'm 
> sure, committed his share of crimes and unforgivables.  I can't come 
> up with a good reason for offering him protection, other than 
> solitary confinement in Azkaban!  
> 

       Why? Because that's DD's job. He's the protector, the second-chance 
giver. As long as DD was alive and head of Hogwarts, there was someplace for 
people to go, someone to go to who would do his level best [and a very good best 
it was] to protect ANYONE. In all of canon DD has always given people [even 
Tom Riddle/Voldemort] a second chance, a chance no one else would grant them. 
Look at the list: Snape, Remus, the giants, MWPP after the Prank, Mundungus, 
Slughorn. He gave chances and mostly got rewarded. His major failure seems to 
have been Tom Riddle and now Severus Snape.

       I wouldn't be surprised if that was WHY LV wanted him dead. To cut off 
a line of retreat. For the sheer terror and despair effect. Currently no DE 
has a place to flee to. Draco and Snape are now trapped, just as LV wanted.

       I suspect that that ability to give second chances is part of his 
method for defeating LV, part of the 'Love magic' LV doesn't understand. 

      The Other Cheryl


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