Draco underdog? Was: Child Abuse (Draco)

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> 
> Betsy Hp:
> I do agree, as I stated previously, that Draco shouldn't have 
> expected anything other than a smack down (honestly, I think Draco 
> *was* surprised, but he's lived a sheltered life).  However, I do 
> disagree with your basic premise here, Chris.  Because Harry is 
*not* 
> the poor little outsider getting trampled by the big man on campus 
> until he just can't take it anymore.  *Draco* is the outsider.  
Harry 
> is the BMOC.
> 
> Think about it.  Harry's rich, famous, a sports star and the 
favorite 
> student of just about the entire staff at Hogwarts.  He's the 
> headmaster's golden boy, and when it's time to find a date to the 
big 
> ball, Harry's brushing the girls off like flies.  (IIRC he even 
had a 
> *sixth* year try and take him to the Yule Ball.  How many fourth 
> years have that kind of popularity?)
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Alla:


You view Draco as underdog? I completely disagree . Trio are the 
main characters of the story, but I always viewed them as underdogs.

Let's see . Harry is an orphan, who in PS/SS arrives in the unknown 
world. This is true - he seems to be famous, but he does not want to 
be famous and it seems that the croud is ready to turn on him  as 
soon as the possibility arises.

In CoS it is revealed that Harry is parselmouth. You know, it did 
not sound to me at all that school reacted to hima as "big man on 
campus"

Same in GoF with Rita Skeeter articles, same in OOP, when whole WW , 
except his closest friends pretty much turned on Harry.


Let's direct our attention to Ron - youngest sone of "pureblood" 
family, who is really not held in high esteem by many other 
pureblood families.


And of course Hermione, someone who has to fight for every bit of 
social status, because she is a muggleborn. She did not have any 
friends at all, till Harry and Ron became her friends and of course 
by association, as Harry friend, Hermione has to endure same 
negative reactions from general population that Harry has.


Let's look at Draco - who is the son of one of the most rich 
prominent purebloods families in WW. His dad buys him his place on 
the Quidditch team. his dad has the power over governors to force 
them to dismiss Dumbledore ( temporarily, but still).

Draco pretty much has the free reighn to harass Hermione any time he 
wants.

Sure, he loses most of the time, but I don't see it as him being an 
underdog.
I see it that in that situation underdogs are simply much stronger 
than he is.

But in comparison to other kids, I most definitely see Draco as 
attempting to be Big Boss on campus and trio as underdogs.


Just my opinion,

Alla.