Draco's and Harry's wealth (was:Re: Pansy Parkinson (Was: House characteristics)

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> >>kchuplis:
> Much too tired to do more than this, but I really have to take a  
> major exception to this idea that Harry is richer than Draco. Draco  
> has the money or credit  to buy a 1600 galleon necklace in HBP. I  
> suspect that Harry had hands on his own cash sooner but it is only  
> described as a "small fortune". Which could mean anything but if  
> Lucius can afford to buy the entire Quidditch team Nimbus 2001s,  
> Draco has plenty of backing and apparently the means to get at it.

Betsy Hp:
I'm not trying to suggest that the Potters were on even financial 
standing with the Malfoys.  Though canon tells us little to nothing, I 
suspect the Malfoys are meant to be seen as richer.

But Draco is (well, was) a dependent.  It was *Lucius* who bought the 
brooms; Draco couldn't have afforded them.  I'm not saying Harry could 
have afforded them himself.  But when it came down to spending cash, 
Harry had more available to him than Draco.  (This may have changed 
since Draco's reaching his majority.)

The only reason I thought this at all worth mentioning (way, way 
upthread <g>) was it was just one more example of Harry having more 
power than Draco.  It was yet one more way that Draco failed to 
fulfill the "powerful bully" role that he'd have probably been put in 
if this were an actual school-days story.

Betsy Hp