Elkins' Draco Malfoy Is Ever So Lame. (But not sympathetic)

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>>Nora: 
>-Nora marks Betsy down for a 'Draco will end up on the good side', 
and Renee as a 'No he won't'; any other takers?<

Betsy:
I had a problem being marked down as this when you first put it up, 
Nora, but I couldn't figure out why.  Then Northsouth (who I referred 
to as Northandsouth in another post, my apologies) wrote this:

<snip>
>Ok, my theory: Draco isn't about Draco at all, that's why he's such 
a shallow, yet sympathetic charecter - he's about Lucius.
<snip>
>Draco is a dismal failure at showcasing that greyness, so it's going 
to have to be some other character - and yet Draco has been set up as 
sympathetic for some reason, so he is going to involved somehow...<
<snip>

Betsy:
And that helped me formulate some ideas.  I don't think Draco will 
affect his father.  I think Lucius has been so perverted through his 
association with (or worship of) Voldemort, that he'd cut out Draco's 
heart and eat it if Voldemort asked him to.

I also don't think Draco's fall into Death Eaterdom would really 
affect the Trio.  They think he's a nasty, evil, little thing, so 
they would not be surprised by his joining the Death Eaters, and I 
doubt they'd be much moved at his death.  (And I do think that Draco 
would be a dismal failure as a Death Eater.  He can't even be a 
proper school bully.)

However, perhaps Draco's fall and/or death would affect the much 
discussed, "good Slytherin."  Maybe Blaise Zabini will be so 
horrified by what happens to Draco (because he was an alright guy to 
his housemates, good for a few laughs, decent Seeker, shared out his 
sweets from home, etc., etc., etc.,) that he comes over to Harry's 
side.  (Or it could be Pansy - JKR could throw in another girl.)  So 
you've got Draco in a new light for the Trio (maybe some hints of "we 
could have behaved better towards him" guilt), and he serves as an 
object lesson for the other Slytherins.

It's a rather pathetic end for Draco, and I *hope* nothing like that 
will come to pass.  I'd like to see him grow up and out from his 
father's shadow.  But I agree that there's not much forshadowing for 
that particular scenario.  Which makes me sad.  I hope to be 
pleasantly surprised, but if wishes were horses...  So I think you'll 
have to move me over, with great reluctance, to the Draco comes to a 
sticky end, column.

Betsy, who would totally sign a "save Draco!" petition if there was 
one and it would do any good.