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

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 124915




> I only have to remember his campaign for Buckbeack execution and 
> Hagrid firing by exaggerating his injuries and that would be 
> enough for me .
> 
> Just my opinion,
> 
> Alla

Valky:
With this I entirely agree Alla, but I also wonder just what exactly 
are we seeing in Draco here? Are we seeing a boy who aligns 
genuinely with the ugly bigotry of his house and finds elite joy in 
cruelty to an inferior being, or are we seeing a boy not unlike 
James Potter stupidly availing himself to the cause of a flailing 
ideology.

The most powerful wizard in James time was Voldemort, he reigned 
terrifyingly over people like Lupin and Hagrid, and from their 
perspective Lord Voldemort was the destroyer of their kind.

In the present day, Dumbledore is proclaimed most powerful and 
through his influence, as we overhear in the Borgin and Burkes scene 
in COS, the pureblood supremists are fearing the destruction of 
their livelihood.

>From *a* neutral standpoint on the livelihood of the Malfoys, which 
I would like to propose Draco has, Dumbledore is a threatening force 
upon the livelihood of Draco's family and those who follow him (his 
disciples) are perpetuance of the threat. James I believe held a 
similar regard of Snape as Draco does to Hagrid. Snape to James was 
a percieved "disciple" of the master power standing threat to the 
life his father taught him to value, Hagrid to Lucius is a 
percieved "disciple" of the Dumbledorian progression over the life 
his Father taught him to value
 
So I proffer a consideration of Dracos actions that they may be 
based in a preservation of something dear to his heart, and not 
rather to an intent to simply do harm on the grounds of an idealism 
that he doesn't fully comprehend, yet. He may simply be out 
to "save" his own family from the menace of Dumbledore.

Perhaps his actions may not be quote so heartless as they seem. 

Valky