Slytherins (was Re: /Hurt/comfort/Elkins post about Draco AND

[juli17 at aol.com]

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Jordan: And Draco is a powerful figure. Maybe, even if Blaise _does_  agree
with him, he only developed that ideology after several years  at
Hogwarts, rather than having come to hogwarts already  indoctrinated.

Joe: How is Draco a powerful figure? I  might not be remembering things right 
but hasn't he failed/been beaten at  everything he ever tried except the 
Vanishing Cabinet?

I thought by Book  Six that Draco had become a bit of a joke. Sort of a 
progession of Harry's from  silly childhood rivals to real enemies.


Julie:
You are not alone, Jordan. Draco was discussed on this group before Book  6
came out, and I seem to remember most of us considered him a bit of a  joke,
a one-note character whose time (as Harry's childhood rival) had definitely 
passed. I didn't expect he would play any kind of pivotal role in the  next
book at all, and I don't think many others did (though if I'm wrong, I'm  sure
it will be pointed out!). I also never expected him to display even a  minimal
layer of depth and complexity, as in fact he did. Now the idea of  Draco 
being a "powerful figure," which does indeed seem laughable in the  first
5 books, actually seems a possible achievement for the little  ferret after 
Book 6 ;-)
 
That is what I really love about the HP books, and about JKR's writing  of
them. She always delivers something unexpected, she hasn't yet failed
to deliver a twist to a character most fans assumed they'd figured  out
top to bottom and dismissed from any further examination. I'm sure 
Book 7 will also deliver more than a few surprises that we won't have
deduced in all our endless speculation on characters and events ;-)
 
Julie 







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