Draco, no longer Harry's antagonist? -Money is the Key

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 121655


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at y...> wrote:
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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> wrote:
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> > bboyminn:
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> > As long as we are on the subject of Draco, I think in the next 
> > book, one of the subplots will be Harry and Draco fighting it out
> > for control of the Black Family Estate. 
> > 
> > ...edited...
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> > Steve/bboyminn (was bboy_mn)

 
> Tonks here:
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> I think that Bella and the adults that are Black family members will 
> have a problem with Harry inheriting anything. And Draco will not 
> have a part in it, his mother will.
> 
> ...edited...
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> Tonks_op 


bboyminn:

Slightly off-topic. There is a precedent in European inheritance
custom for everything to go to the nearest living /oldest/ MALE
relative; that would be Draco. Usually, it is the oldest son, but in
this case, there is no son. 

By giving the bulk of the Estate to the oldest son or oldest nearest
male heir, it keeps the estate from being diluted. If it is spread
uniformly among all available direct heirs, the family fortune keeps
getting smaller and smaller until it is no longer a fortune at all. 

If there is no available perferred heir, then the estate is usually
divided in proportion among the available family members. In this
case, Tonk's mother would inherit something as would Mrs. Malfoy, and
possibly the Weasleys.

I keep hoping that in those long lonely hours at Grimmauld Place,
Sirius thoughts turned to Harry and his future, and to insure Harry
future in the event that Sirius was no longer in the picture to care
for Harry, Sirius made a handwritten Will that was witnessed by other
order members. 

That would still leave room for Harry's inheritance of the Black
Family Estate to be disputed, but would probably allow Harry to
inherit Sirius's personal estate without questions. 

It seems like with only two books left in the series, there isn't room
for all these many detailed sub-plots, but at the same time, I don't
see how JKR can leave the question of Sirius's death and the Black
Family Estate unresolved. The Order is using the Black Family house as
headquarters. Black's death at some point is going to complicate that.
 So, somehow, I feel, all this has to be resolved, and what better way
than to have Harry and Draco fight it out.

All that said, I would also like to see Lupin and the Weasley family
get something out of this. I'm just not sure how to work that into the
story.

Just a few thoughts.

Steve/bboyminn (was bboy_mn)