[HPforGrownups] Draco and Dumbledore on the Tower WAS: Re: DDM!Harry and Snape/Grey!Snape

[Magpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 162861

> Alla:
>
> Draco did turn the wand towards the Dumbledore though, before he
> lowered it, so to me this is exactly it - the moment where Draco
> starts to be ready to kill and finds himself incapable of it.

Magpie:
I'm not sure what you mean?  Draco is pointing his wand at Dumbledore the 
whole time. A moment where he's going to kill and finds himself incapable 
would be something Harry/narrator could see, just as he sees so many other 
signs of Draco's conflict. I don't have the scene in front of me, but I 
can't believe I've forgotten that important a moment (for Draco as well as 
Dumbledore, whom I remember being steady throughout). It wouldn't be a 
moment where maybe we can imagine it happening somewhere in our minds. I 
think we'd actually probably get Dumbledore calling attention to it as well.

Alla:
> I think that what Dumbledore is doing may be not even characterised
> as lying, but expressing his hopes of the sort - NOT what Draco is
> but what Draco *can* be, namely not a killer.
>
> So, yes, I am not buying that Draco comes to Tower not ready to kill
> Dumbledore, I think that he has every intention to do just that and
> his want pointed at Dumbledore indicates just that, but Dumbledore's
> words push him into not killing.

Magpie:
Draco comes to the Tower knowing that he has to kill Dumbledore or die. But 
I don't see how one can say he's possibly actually ready to kill him, 
because not only does he not kill him, he never tries to kill him, and 
never, to my recollection, is even ever ready to try to kill him. Dumbledore 
keeps reminding him--hey, aren't you supposed to be killing me?  And Draco 
just keeps doing other things besides killing him.

-m