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

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" 
<horridporrid03 at y...> wrote:
 
> > >>Marianne:
> > Draco has always had the option of refusing to play Voldemort's
> > game. Sure, he's held at gun (wand) point. He can still always
> > say "No." Had he refused at some point during the school year to
> > continue on his quest to kill DD, then that would be the end. 
Sure,
> > he might have died and in addition Narcissa may have been killed.
> > But, that would have undercut Vmort's designs on killing DD, and
> > would perhaps have benefitted the WW to a great degree than 
what   
> > has happened at least in part due to Draco's pursuit of his 
quest.
> 
> Betsy Hp:
> Don't you think you're asking a tremendous amount of Draco here?  
> How many sixteen year olds do you know would be willing to 
sacrifice 
> not only their lives but the lives of their parents for anything?  
> Especially for a philosophy they've been raised to despise?  
> Remember, as far as Draco is concerned, the Order, or folks of 
that 
> ilk, put his father in jail.  
> 
> Honestly, do you think Harry would allow his mother to die to save 
> Snape's life, if he was faced with such a choice?  Gosh, would 
Harry 
> allow his mother to die even to save Dumbledore?  What would you 
> give your mother's life for?
> 
> (This is another thing that's interesting to me.  JKR doesn't just 
> give Draco a choice between his life and Dumbledore's.  She throws 
> Draco's mom into the mix.  She's practically making Draco *noble*. 
> Or at the very least, giving him one heck of a dilemma.)

Marianne:

I didn't say it would be an easy choice.  I agree that Draco is 
stuck between the ultimate rock and the mother of all hard places.  
Still, it is a choice. And Draco has always had the option of going 
to Dumbledore and laying out the whole plan to him. IOW, asking help 
of the one person he knows, in spite of his upbringing, has been 
Vmorte's most implacable and effective foe.  He chose not to do 
that, either.  

I am not entirely unsympathetic towards Draco in HBP.  The scene in 
the bathroom did disturb me.  And I think you're probably right.  
JKR will probably pull him back from the edge of evil and give us, 
if not completely Redeemed!Draco, then at least Chastened!Draco.  
Too bad - he seemed almost on his way to becoming a viable bad guy.

Marianne