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

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 125294


Betsy:
> Draco and Flint did *not* think their presence would cause 
Harry to  faint and fall off his broom.  Because Draco and Flint 
know that they  are in fact *not* Dementors.  I imagine that they 
thought Harry would  panic when he saw what he thought were 
Dementors, stop focusing on  the Snitch, start focusing on not 
fainting, and by the time he  realized that he wasn't being effected 
by the Dementors, the Snitch  would be Cho's.  Simple, effective, 
nasty, but not murderous.<

Pippin:
Giving Draco murderous intent toward Harry in PoA would 
undermine the drama of his declaration in OOP " *I'm* going to 
make you pay for what you've done to my father..." (ch 38) 

That speech should mark a turning point. Up until then, IMO, 
Draco hadn't wanted to kill Harry, he'd wanted to *beat* him.  
Draco wanted Harry to acknowledge Draco's pureblood 
superiority and Harry couldn't do that if he were dead.

Draco has *never* to this day tried to harm Harry when he 
thought a teacher was watching, except when he had orders to 
do it. McGonagall's reaction is also not appropriate to someone 
who's witnessed an attempted murder. Would she call it a 'low 
and cowardly attempt to sabotage the Gryffindor Seeker' if it was 
murder? Calling Harry the 'Gryffindor Seeker' makes it clear 
she's more concerned about damage to the outcome of the 
game  than to Harry himself. 

IMO, Dementor stunt was all about Harry missing an easy run at 
the Snitch despite his superior broom, and looking like an idiot 
in front of a huge crowd of people for having been momentarily 
distracted by obviously phony dementors. A bit like someone 
running out on a US playing field wearing a rubber Bin Laden 
mask. It would be in horrible taste, but it wouldn't be attempted 
murder.

I'm no fan of Draco, but I also have to point out that in OOP, the 
hungry look Draco gets as Umbridge is working herself up to 
use Cruciatus comes before Umbridge actually announces what 
she's going to do. Draco may have been anticipating a 
transfiguration like the one used on him. How Draco reacted 
once he'd heard what Umbridge had in mind we don't know.

Pippin