[HPforGrownups] BetrRe: The good Slytherin (Draco Malfoy)

[heather the buzzard]

No: HPFGUIDX 131627

AnitaKH wrote:

>This part of your response harkens back to a (somewhat
>unfocused) post I made earlier, speculating on the
>statement Crouch/Moody makes in Goblet of Fire,
>equating the killing of his father to LV killing his
>in order to "ensur[e] the rise of the Dark Order."    
>
>If Patricide is part of the ancient ritual of
>membership/advancement in the Dark Order, Draco is in
>for a nasty surprise, if he chooses DE-hood.  This
>could lead to the scenario you describe above (Lucius
>had better off Draco before it's his turn to die),
>Draco "failing the test" because he can't bring
>himself to kill his father, or some other
>attitude-altering catastrophe.  
>  
>

heather now:

Yes!  Thank you, I had deleted your email (and I'm too lazy to remember 
that I can look them up on Yahoo) but it was your post on that subject 
that got me thinking of that particular scenario.

Basically, last night my brain took a whole bunch of ideas I'd read on 
this list (your patricide theory, recent stuff about Draco, etc) and put 
it all together with the dream I'd had and spat out a full-fledged 
theory of its own.

It did the same thing later with stuff about Snape, James and Lily, and 
LV and that night in GH.  Basically, right now I'm thinking that Snape 
had feelings for Lily, whether or not they were ever returned, and it 
was that which first prompted him to turn from LV to DD, to protect her 
(perhaps he'd been having second thoughts about the whole DE thing 
already, but perhaps not).  Add in to that the life-bond-thing from 
James having saved Snape's life (which so far has only been mentioned as 
an explanation of why Snape would be so resentful towards the Potters, 
but the idea of the life-bond hasn't really been explicitly mentioned in 
terms of Snape ever returning the favour and saving James' life).   If 
Snape himself was the one who told DD about LV's plans, then that 
explains why DD is sure he can trust him.

Anyway, I'm sure that's all already been thought about and talked about, 
it just 'clicked' nicely in my brain last night.  :)

anitaKH:

>Hmm, this might explain the rather noticeable lack of
>grandparents in HP...
>  
>
heather:

Haha!  Except of course for Mrs. Longbottom.  Seriously though, I do 
want to find out what happened to them all... we know that Mr. and Mrs. 
Potter were around as late as James and Sirius being 16, 17 years old.  
I presume they were victims of the whole LV situation, but it's never 
really been explained.  Same thing for Mr. and Mrs. Evans, and I suspect 
that ties in with Petunia's secret, too....

>akh, who want to wish Happy Birthday to all posters
>who shares Dobby's big day today! 
>  
>

heather now:

That's me!  Wheeeeeeee!

heather the buzzard