Draco the Dragon

[Alex Boyd]

No: HPFGUIDX 124657



> > bob wrote:
> >> So why did JKR include Draco into the story?
> >> JKR said herself that Draco is pure evil. She did this on
> >> purpose.

> > SSSusan asked:
> > Can you provide a link to a place where JKR described Draco thusly?
> > I don't recall her using that term, though I could certainly have
> > forgotten.


I don't think she did either.  She said something about how fangirls
with Draco-crushes should attempt to get over their attraction to bad
boys, because it could be harmful in later life.  (I'm paraphrasing,
obviously.)  Is that the quote you mean, Bob?

I *do* recall that JKR said that Dudley has no hidden depths of any
kind--which is another reason I suspect Draco may.  If he didn't, she
might have said so, in the spirit of Public Service.  Loads and loads
of girls (not all, but lots) think that Bad Boys really ought to have
hidden depths--saying, "No, he's really just an obnoxious little shit,
just like the boy in your class at school who picks on other kids
really is an obnoxious little shit, not a Sensitive Soul who is Hiding
Deep Inner Torment by acting like an Obnoxious Little Shit," might do
more to warn her young readers away from the seductive allure of the
Bad Boy than just saying, "You really can't trust those bad boys," or
whatever exact words she actually said.  

(only JKR, since she would be addressing children, would probably
choose not to use foul language.)

Alex