Draco is Evil and Lame

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 124766


>Betsy wrote:
Yes, context. In a world with Voldemort you'll have a hard time
convincing me that silly, petty, Draco is supposed to be *evil*.
And *worst* fellow student? Please. He's barely a blip on Harry
and co.'s radar. Why else did we hear so little of himn OotP. His
digs are tired, and his songs, while hurtful to Ron, won't cause a
bunch of dead bodies. And won't get a fellow student expelled.
(Hello, Tom Riddle!)

So no, I won't call Draco evil. I won't call him purple either.
How do you define evil that you think Draco fits that definition?

>>Naama wrote:
>It doesn't matter. The thing is, everything he does arises from
mean, petty, vicious, sadistic motives and impulses. As a young boy,
it expresses itself in relatively minor things. By having him part
of the IS (mini-Stasi, as Nora aptly called it), JKR shows us a
consistent development - from mean, vicious boy to dangerous,
sadistic bully and terrorizer.<

>Betsy wrote:
But see, it does matter, because you are trying to say Draco is
evil. And yet, he doesn't fit the discription. He doesn't actually
*terrorize* the other students. No one is afraid to see him
coming. Not even when he was a member of Umbridge's IS. (Which, as
I told Nora, is not all that close to a mini-Stasi really - far too
imcompetent.)

We have Tom Riddle as an excellent example of an evil student.
Draco doesn't even come close.

vmonte responds:
Are you saying that Draco cannot be evil because he is an idiot and 
not as capable a wizard as Tom Riddle? Because throughout history 
there have been stupid yet evil people.  Draco is a bad seed, and I 
cannot for the life of me believe that he is a good guy underneath it 
all.  He is sadistic, cruel, a racist, and he basically 
enjoys "terrorizing" people too much.  I know you don't think that he 
terrorizes people, but I do.  He may be no match for Harry but he 
does terrorize other people like Neville. And just because he fails 
at his attempts with Harry and gang, does not mean that his attempts 
should not be considered.  Draco's other problem, aside from being a 
blabber mouth, is that he also happens to be a coward, which means 
that he is probably another Regulus Black in the making. I think this 
is the reason why Draco surrounds himself with Crab and Goyle, 
because in reality he is a big sissy.  

Vivian