[HPforGrownups] Draco's fate

[Silent Screamer]

No: HPFGUIDX 134604

Christina

> We know that LV himself has tried to kill DD and
> failed.  I really don't 
> think he ever expected Draco to succeed.  Also, it
> just isn't to LV's advantage to 
> kill Draco.  As we can see in the conversation on
> the train, Draco's buddies 
> are surprised that he's joining up with LV.  I think
> it's safe to assume that 
> not many other Slytherins have joined up either.  By
> keeping Draco on board, 
> LV can use him to recruit other young people for
> "the cause."  If he kills 
> Draco and other young Slytherins hear of it, it
> would probably only scare them 
> away.

Silence

But we also know that LV was very angry with Draco's
father, and from Chapter 2, I got the impression that
LV was sending Draco straight into the fire with no
backup in order to teach Lucius a 'lesson' so to
speak. What better way, in LV's mind, to say "You
messed up, so now you have to pay" than to send the
only child to his death? Especially since I am
assuming that LV can't touch Lucius himself because
he's in Azkaban.

I don't know if I believe LV is interested in Draco's
recruiting powers in the Slytherin house. I don't
think he gives underage wizards much credit (as
Dumbledore implied in the cave) so he wouldn't be that
interested in them until after they graduate from
Hogwarts. And after that happens, I'm betting he has
more, let's say...persuasive...ways of recruiting the
ones he wants to join him, instead of going through
Draco.

~Silence 

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