Draco an underdog?

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 131921

> Betsy Hp:
 As to Harry, yes, sometimes his popularity sours, but he's 
> got a strong crowd around him (the Weasley twins support should 
never 
> be sneered at) and even when he at his lowest his fame is strong. 
(A 
> good example of that is the DA) 


Alla:

Sometimes his popularity sours? I would say that whole school  turns 
against him  with  the first possibility.

Everybody in Hogwarts except his closest friends happily grasped the 
opportunity to hate Harry when it was revealed that he is a 
Parselmouth, everybody but his closest friends ( which really could 
be counted) hated Harry and were ready to say that he was crazy in 
OOP.

Maybe this is semantics again, but I thought that "Golden boy" was 
suposed to be universally loved. Neither in CoS , nor in OOP was 
Harry universally loved by student population in Hogwarts, IMO.

If you are evaluating Harry status as "Golden Boy" by the fact that 
he has TWO closest friends and two or three Gryffs who are faithful 
to him, then Draco can also be called a "Golden boy" because he at 
least has as many close and not very close but faithful friends as 
Harry has.

And I don't remember one occasion when Draco was universally hated  
by student population, while Harry was at several.


> > >>Alla earlier:
> > Draco does not have to work for anything, he already 
has            
> > everything, because of his family status.
> 
> Betsy Hp:
> What everything?  
<SNIP>
  Draco doesn't have 
> the headmaster in his back pocket like Harry does.

Alla:

OK, I really would like more proof that Harry has  "headmaster in 
his pocket", if you don't mind.

Sure, Draco would LIKE to think that Harry is Headmaster's favorite, 
but I would call it one of his very many dellusions. :-)

I guess the first incident of Dumbledore's favorable treatment of 
Harry was when he left Harry to grew up with Dursleys.

The second one would be when Headmaster happily allowed three eleven 
year olds to go on the quest to face the Dark Lord. I suppose you 
would argue that Dumbledore did not know, but I think he really 
really did. ( I reposted Dicentra's post giving very detailed 
explanation on this topic)

What else? Oh, another example of favorite treatment would be 
sending Harry and Hermione on the quest to save Sirius and the list 
goes on and on...

Now, we are talking about underdogs in Hogwarts, right? So, NO, IMO 
Harry does not have headmaster in his pocket.

Dumbledore claims to love Harry dearly, true and  he probably does, 
but I am yet to see him treating Harry as his favorite student.


Betsy:
 Draco's name 
> couldn't open every single door in the WW like Harry's can.  Hell, 
> the *only* thing Draco had going for him was a powerful father, 
and 
> Harry's taken even that away from him.

Alla:

Huh? Draco's father name indeed can open any door in WW for him, IMO 
at least.


As I said, I will not ever see Draco as underdog. There is way too 
much " he got himself into that situation" in any of Draco's loses 
for me to ever feel sorry for him.

There is also this thing  that I consider Draco's to be objectively 
bad guy, regardless of POV and I don't like voting for bad guy. Bad 
guy with a heart of gold , maybe, but not a villain or candidate for 
villainhood, which all Draco is for me now.



Just my opinion,

Alla.