Why did Snape take the UV? / Role of the Malfoys

[laurawkids]

No: HPFGUIDX 157441

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> Neri:
> Well then, this just goes to show you who are the fandom, which
> characters they prefer not to investigate and what questions they
> prefer not to ask <g>. The change in Draco's attitude towards Snape
> and towards his mother in HBP is more drastic than the change in
> Ginny's character in OotP, which was jarring to many fans, and has
> considerably more potential as a clue for Book 7. 
> 
> > Magpie:
> > Harry and his friends have been in trouble in the 
> > past and not gone to their parents either.  It's a story about 
kids, 
> > a coming of age story.  Nobody wants to need their mother.
> > 
> 
> Neri:
> Well, you are certainly right about Harry – he has never gone to his
> parents in the past. As for Ron and Hermione, when I'll see them
> hiding from their parents (or even worse – lying to their parents)
> regarding information that put their parents too in great risk, I'll
> be very alarmed. 
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> Neri:
> On the contrary, Narcissa has by far the best offer to help Draco. 
She
> immediately goes and enlists an expert, somebody with power and
> authority at Hogwarts, who could have given Draco great help. And 
she
> even obtains an Unbreakable Vow from that expert to look after 
Draco.
> By refusing help from Snape Draco is refusing help from his mother.
> Help that may easily save both himself, his mother *and* his 
father. 
> 
> So, does Draco change his attitude towards Snape so drastically and 
so
> irrationally just "because he's a teeeeeenager"? Is this the 
ultimate
> explanation that's supposed to make every paradox work? I think JKR
> has shown in the past a bit more insight and less contempt for
> teenager psych. 
> 
> Neri
>
Laurawkids:

By the words you have used, this suddenly seemed like a situation 
that has RW parallels:  a kid in a gang and/or heavy into drugs or 
sex.  Maybe more so the kid on drugs.  You all have probably gone all 
over this before, but...

You know the profile, kid withdraws and good Mom goes snooping.  Kid 
says, "Leave me alone, you do not know what drives me, and you can't 
imagine how yukky I feel inside that makes me want and need to do 
these things!"  Whereas Mom knows how to help if given the chance, 
and even calls in the pro's to council with the child or forces him 
into rehab.  It may work or horribly backfire.

This goes on all the time, and because of the teenage psyche, is hard 
to play the right way.  The parents may have even done the very same 
thing, but were saved out of it, and still the kid will not stop and 
listen long enough to see that there are other ways out of the 
situation. 

But, that said, when Draco tells Myrtle that no one can help him, it 
could mean that LV has constrained him in some way to have to do this 
alone, or there will be hell to pay.  

If I were LV, I would think that kids blab and brag too much.  That 
would make me want to keep Draco silent somehow, so the talking won't 
foil the walking.  

I'm not totally sold on an UV, but it *could* be that we were told 
about innocent Ron and his UV near-miss, and then Snape, an ultra-
intelligent adult having a tricky time of one, so that we will 
believe that Draco, in his need to vault himself into DE maturity, 
falls for the smooth words of LV and vows to rely only upon himself 
to fullfill his task.  

Or LV slipped him a convincer by crucio'ing him to be quiet about the 
task. 

Another thought is that the necklace and poisoned drink seem alot 
like those half-hearted first attempts of suicidal people to draw 
help to themselves.  Is it possible that Draco thought that Snape or 
DD would figure out that he did them quickly and then remove him to 
the safety of Azkaban, or expell him for being a danger and snap his 
wand(like his favorite, Hagrid)?  

I know that goes against how bad Draco seems, but it would also be a 
selfish way out, because Narcissa would still be in danger.  

Sorry if this has all come out before.

Laurawkids