Draco's symptoms in HBP---my own theory

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 140894

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ericoppen" <oppen at m...> wrote:
> Rereading HBP, I was struck by the description of Draco Malfoy's 
> symptoms.  Pale, listless, wan, off his feed---this being a fantasy 
> novel, these symptoms do not add up to "werewolf," at least in my 
> experience.
> 
> They DO, however, practically scream "VAMPIRE!!!"  For the gods' 
sake, 
> this sort of thing is classical Vampire Victim Syndrome!

Or mayhap we should just Occam-Razor it: DM was under an unprecedented 
level of stress that he was not prepared to deal with, and reacted the 
same way that most ill-prepared individuals react, i.e., very poorly.

 - CMC (who does not believe that FEMA is disproportionately staffed by 
vampires)