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

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 124928


> Valky previously:
> > 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.
> 

Naama:
> Why, then, did the Weasleys and the Potters fight against him?  
> 

Valky now:

I am sorry Naama, I don't understand the question. Are you asking me 
if I think the Potters and the Weasleys were afraid of Voldemort? 
Because I don't think that they were. or are you asking me if I 
think they were wrong to fight? Because I don't think that either.

> > Valky previously:
> > 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.
>

Naama: 
> Are you suggesting that DD is the WW Lenin? In what other way is 
> he a threat to the Malfoy's livelihood? 
> 

Valky:
Poor history skills make it hard for me to answer that. 
The way I see that Dumbledore 'threatens' the livelihood of the 
Malfoys is that they have enjoyed elitist privilege as recognised 
purebloods, and that as Dumbledores influence in The WW grows "pure 
blood is counting for less and less".
I do not think that DD is wrong or unjust in his cause. I think that 
the waning of the Malfoys unfair privilege is a good thing in 
itself. But I do wonder if Draco has a concept of that. Is it 
possible that he merely sees his family in fear of it, and wishes to 
be of service to their cause. Does he just feel their emotions and 
project them?



> > Valky previously:
> > 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.

> Naama:
> But one form of life has value, whereas the other doesn't. JKR is 
> not a relativist. One side is dark, one side is light - it is 
> therefore just and right to protect the one side, and wrong to 
> >protect the other.
> >  
> 
>

Valky:
Well yes I agree with that and I was going to say so in my other 
post. However I don't think to mean that the whole scenario will 
close on a relativistic standpoint. Just that perhaps there is a 
relativistic standpoint in which 'Draco Malfoy' can be percieved to 
be redeemable. It's all theory, I just wonder, thats all.