[HPforGrownups] Does JKR want us to hate Draco? (was: Re: Admonishing Snape)

[Katherine Coble]

No: HPFGUIDX 129618


On May 27, 2005, at 10:44 PM, horridporrid03 wrote:

> >>Nora:
>  <snip>
>  >Contra Betsy's motivation-schmotivation :) the reasons characters do
>  things are massively important in JKR's world and she has a tendency
>  to look upon them with ire or favor consequently.  [This is why
>  present-day Draco doesn't look like he's heading in a good direction;
>  she doesn't like him, although she made him, because of what he is
>  and that certainly includes his motivations.]<
>  <snip>
>
>  Betsy:
>  Okay, I'll bite. :)  How do we, the readers, *know* that JKR doesn't
>  like Draco?  I'm honestly curious about this because Draco has such a
>  large fan base (and I'm talking adults here, not Tom Felton loving
>  teeny-boppers) and that can't have been formed in a vaccum.


I believe there are several interviews where she says so--and also in 
the FAQ on her page.


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