Elkins' Draco Malfoy Is Ever So Lame. Yet Sympathetic. And Dead, Too.

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>>Arynn:
>Draco does suffer (not more than any typical teen IMHO) and his 
suffering is usually casued by himself. But he never puts on a brave 
face when he is actually suffering, just when he's faking it.<

Betsy:
Read Elkins' post.  She shows tons of examples where Draco stoically 
bears up under fire.  There's the ferret scene in GoF, the fight in 
OotP, the hippogriff attack in PoA, to rattle off a few.  Draco most 
definitely does *not* whine and cry.  He may milk the injury later, 
but when he's suffering, he does so in way that tends to evoke the 
hurt/comfort reaction.

>>Arynn:
I suspect it has to do more with Tom Felton that Draco Malfoy, though 
honestly if I were into males (and about ten years younger) I would 
be more into Harry.<

Betsy:
Believe me, it's not Tom Felton.  Maybe for the tweenie set, but not 
for the Draco fans I've read. :)

>>Arynn:  
>About Draco, someone has mentioned that he showed interest in being 
Harry's friend, but if you notice, he practically ignores him in the 
robe shop, and only seems interested when he learns Harry's name.<

Betsy:
Actually, Draco blathers on and on to Harry without once getting his 
name in the dress shop.  And it's interesting to me, because in comes 
this boy, dressed in ill-fitting Muggle clothes, and Draco 
practically does a soft-shoe routine to capture Harry's interest.  Of 
course, Draco goes about it in entirely the wrong way, (my guess is 
he's emulating his father at dinner parties with no clue that it is 
absolutely the *wrong thing*.) and he fails miserably.  But he did 
try.  And quite hard really.

Ron, in fact, is the one who shows interest in Harry because of his 
name.  I think the first thing he asks Harry is if he can see his 
scar.  Also socially awkward, but Harry doesn't fully realize his 
fame yet, so Ron's goof goes right over his head.

Betsy