Draco = Evil?(was: Elkins' Draco Malfoy Is Ever So Lame. )

[dumbledore11214]

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Betsy:
He embarrassed Ginny her first year.  He picked on Neville (I think 
only in their first year).  He picks on Hermione (though I don't 
think he actually hurts her - she's too smart for that).  He does 
get in jabs at Ron.  Harry...  He really makes Harry feel bad?  I 
don't recall that.  Not since first year anyway.  I've rather 
thought Harry had outgrown Draco.  As to Hagrid - when did he 
sabotage one of Hagrid's classes?
  
So, in sum, he pokes fun at people.  By all means, he totally 
deserves to have the crap beaten out of him!  By golly, he made up a 
silly song about Ron - lets hex him so badly his physical structure 
actually changes!  Or, I know!  Lets get a couple of guys and pound 
him into the ground!  I mean, gosh, he *is* horribly petty.
 
 
Alla:
 
Draco makes "hate speech like" remarks . To me it goes way more 
beyond " making fun" at people. Hermione does not deserves to be made 
fun of  because her blood is different than Draco. Period.
Does he deserve to have the crap beaten out of him for THAT? Yes, you 
bet, he absolutely does to me. At the end of GoF Draco absolutely got 
what he deserved as far as I was concerned. I could do without people 
stepping over Draco when he was on the floor, but besides that...
 
You see, in my huge personal experience in this area, people who make 
fun of you  because your blood is different than theirs usually mean 
it and when they say ... " jews ( oops muggleborns) have to be killed 
and everything in our country will be better then", they usually mean 
that too.
 
Somebody like Draco CAN outgrow his hatefullness in RL, IF he meets 
someone decent on his life path to help him do it, so if JKR did not 
show so clearly ( only in my opinion of course) that she is giving up 
on this character, I would wait too because he is still fifteen, but 
in any event, I would not be underestimating who Draco is at this 
point in his life.
 
Naama:
See Nora's posts on Draco's role in the books. I fully concur

Alla:
 
Yes, definitely.
 
Betsy, who's not sure Draco will end up good, but doesn't think 
he'll end up full out evil.
 
 
Alla:
 
Please put me down for "evil and dead" Draco bet.


Just my opinion,

Alla