Draco the Death Eaters and Voldemort (was: Re: Draco's culpability...)

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 139976


> 
> Betsy Hp:
> Because it doesn't fit neatly into the "Draco is a coldhearted, 
> murdering little bastard" theory.  At all.  JKR could easily have 
> had Draco creating a magical bomb; instead she has him restoring a 
> piece of furniture.  It backs up, IMO, Dumbledore's contention 
that 
> Draco is not a killer.  A killer would have worked on something 
that 
> kills.  Draco worked on opening a door.  

a_svirn:

There are so many assumptions that don't stand to the scrutiny in 
this so very small passage. 
For starters why doesn't it fit this theory? Draco opens the door to 
let the bunch of terrorists and a rabid werewolf to the school full 
of children and he does it specifically so that the headmaster of 
the said school would be killed. (Which he duly was.) I would've 
thought that your average cold-hearted bastard would be an ideal 
candidate for the job. Second, to call the vanishing cabinet 
a "piece of furniture" is lake calling a magic wand "a piece of 
wood". Not a false statement in itself, but entirely off the point. 
Third, Draco IS working on "something that kills". I thought we were 
in the agreement that the restoration of the vanishing cabinet is a 
vital part of the assassination plot, and the end of such a plot is 
assassination. And finally, what is it about "Draco is a 
coldhearted, murdering little bastard" theory? Whose theory is that? 
Certainly, not mine. You are just setting up a straw-man and then 
demolish it to flinders to your satisfaction. 


> Betsy Hp:
> They belong in the same sentence as much as "killer" 
and "furniture 
> restorer" belong in the same sentence.  <snip>  

a_svirn:

Actually a furniture restorer can be a killer in his or her spare 
time. Why not? 

> 
> Betsy Hp:
> I've touched on this in other posts. I think I'm most specific in 
> message #137075 where I say:
> 
> "There is powerful imagery invoked in the three times Dumbledore 
> gives Draco the time to act and then tells him he is not a killer. 
> I'm not sure if JKR had this particular idea in mind while she was 
> writing, but once I noticed the pattern of three I immediately 
> thought of Peter who three times denies Christ before the 
> Crucifixion and then, after the Resurrection, is able to redeem 
> himself when Christ asks Peter three times if he loves him. (I 
> believe this takes place in the book of John in the Bible.) 

a_svirn:
Do you mean to say that Draco loves Dumbledore? He seems to hide it 
well. And Peter was a disciple of Christ who denied him. Hardly 
applicable to Draco's situation. 

Betsy Hp:
>But even 
> if she didn't, there's a certain power within the number three. 

a_svirn:
Yeah, three's a charm.