[HPforGrownups] Draco in the Bathroom -What Next for Draco/Snape?

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 147599

--- Steve <bboyminn at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Poor Draco, he is already overwhelmed to the point of tears on more
> than one occassion. Things aren't going right, and he fears for his
> own life as well as the lives of his family. Yet, typical Death
> Eater, he is bound and determined NOT to share glory with anyone. 
> 
> ...Even though Draco fears death, he
> is still determined to be 'honored above all others'. He would
> rather die than lose his chance at 'favored' status.


I didn't think Draco was serious when he accused Snape of wanting the
glory of fulfilling Draco's mission.  It was something bold and
courageous-sounding to say so that Snape wouldn't go back to
Voldemort and say Draco was getting cold feet, thereby giving
Voldemort an excuse to hurt Draco's family.  It's a pathetic,
desperate bluff.

Because the real legacy of Voldemort to his followers is that they
can't trust each other at all.  He's got family proof in Auntie
Bellatrix that true Voldemort loyalists are slightly cracked and he's
got ample justification for believing that the ambitious DE's would
kill their own families to acquire power.  What Draco is saying here
is that he doesn't trust Snape enough to tell him the truth about
anything - and Snape knows it.  

Snape's in a bind because the harder he presses Draco the more
resistence he's going to get and the farther away he'll flee.  He
can't level with Draco or make him the offer that Dumbledore will
make on the tower because it's too important to maintain his cover
and god knows what Draco might let slip to a legilmans like
Voldemort.  So he's got to get Draco to come to him and Draco can't
because he's too terrified of the consequences.

Draco knows there's no glory awaiting him.  He's got that far along
the road by the time of Slughorn's party.

Magda

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