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

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>>Betsy:
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>...I believe that Slytherin has won the Quidditch cup every year 
except when Gryffindor won in PoA.  (Which, funnily enough, was won 
not because Harry was the better player, but because he had the 
better broom.)<

>>Alshain:
>Somehow the arguments about players and brooms aren't always 
consistent: Slytherin played Ravenclaw in POA and won. Draco had a 
Nimbus 2001, Cho had a Comet Two Sixty (the broomstick Draco had as 
an eleven-year-old, which looked even more like a joke against the 
Firebolt). Why is the Slytherin-Ravenclaw and the Ravenclaw-
Gryffindor games fair, but the Quidditch final isn't?<

Betsy:
Oh, Harry wins fair and square.  Equipment and skill are all part of 
the game. But it raises questions for me, because of how JKR chose to 
write that scene.  She sets up from the beginning that both Harry and 
Draco are very nervous about their upcoming match.  And then we get 
detailed play by play of the game.  Both Slytherin and Gryffindor are 
playing hard, both sides are fouling each other.  Harry does an 
excellent feint to pull Draco off the Snitch, Draco fouls Harry to 
keep the Snitch free.  So far so good.  It's Seeker vs. Seeker, and 
Harry is the better player.  He leads Draco around and Draco is 
forced to foul Harry to keep Harry from the Snitch.    

But then, for some reason, Harry decides to leave off being Seeker 
and help Angelina score.  No real reason for it, game-wise.  The 
Gryffindor team has been scoring just fine without Harry's help, and 
Harry is fully aware that if Draco gets the Snitch, Gryffindor will 
lose.  And it *is* a mistake on Harry's part.  Because Draco doesn't 
forget his duty as Seeker, and he does spot the Snitch. It comes down 
to a race, and Harry wins because he has the better broom.

It's interesting to me, not because I think Draco is secretly the 
better Seeker, but because I wonder why JKR chose to have Harry win 
on equipment rather than skill.  He *has* the skill - JKR has shown 
us that time and time again.  But why, for the big game, does she 
have Harry win because *his* pure-blooded rich father figure got him 
the better broom?  Maybe it's nothing, maybe JKR just chose to raise 
the tension of the win by having it come down to a race. But, you 
know... I question. 

Betsy