Draco and Lucius (was: Harry and starvation)

[phoenixgod2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 123691


Betsy:
> Sorry, I just can't let this one go. :)  Because Draco really is 
> *nothing* like his father.  Sure, he looks like him, but 
personality > and skills wise, these are two vastly different 
characters.  Lucius > is a political animal - well versed in 
deception and obfuscation.  > Draco is a performer, an attention 
grabber who has no earthly idea of > when to keep his mouth shut.
> 
> Back in message # 123478 I said about Lucius: "The Lucius who
> managed to talk his way out of Azkaban while Crouch was still in
> power strikes me as at least a tiny bit politically astute.

>Compare that to Draco who in CoS yelled out, "You're next 
Mudbloods!" > in a fit of excitement in front of professors, no 
less, (and I > believe Dumbledore) after Mrs. Norris was attacked.  
Not smooth.


He was twelve. No boy is the soul of tact at the age of twelve. At 
fifteen he was smart enough to see where the wind blows and got on 
the Inquisitorial squad thanks to Umbridge, which was more than HP 
could claim at the same age. 

Lucius himself is also prone to rashness. Witness his basically spur 
of the moment decison to use the diary against the Weasleys. I'm 
sure there were more efficent uses of a magical diary that contained 
the soul of his lord and master than the torment of a preteen girl.  


Betsy:
> I wouldn't make a big deal about this, but I think it's essential 
to > the Draco and Lucius characters that they are so different.  
There > are hints in PoA that Lucius is not well pleased with his 
son's lack  of political intuition.  And I think it may be important 
in the  upcoming books.  That Draco worships his father is obvious.  
The possibility that Draco is failing to live up to his father's 
expectations could have interesting repercussions. 



I think Draco's basic imcompetence will have interesting 
reprecussions, and I do think that Lucius is displeased with is son 
but I think that's more about his spoiled petulant nature than 
anything else.

I personally see parrallels between Lucius and Draco. But Draco is 
younger, less worldly, and clearly more spoiled than Lucius. At 
their cores however, I think they are mirror images.
 

> Betsy, who's dying to call Pheonixgod, "Peh-ho-nix god" 'cause she 
> gets far too much enjoyment out of the FedEx ads. <bg>


Peh-ho-nix god, who doesn't much care what people call him as long 
as god is in the title <bg>

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