CHAPDISC: HBP7, The Slug Club

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 145803

> Snow:
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> Now this is interesting
LV has a job that doesn't require Draco to be
> qualified, hmmmmm.
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> Apparently Draco was only initially informed, and he believed, that his
> requirement was to fix the vanishing cabinets thus the 'not being qualified'
> statement and the self-assured attitude from Draco.
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> It would only follow that Draco Became aware what his true assignment was
> (to attempt to kill DD) after the year had begun, say somewhere around the
> time he was caught by Harry crying to none other than the muggleborn Moaning
> Myrtle of all species.
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Pippin:
Draco knew what was expected of him all along, I think. He certainly knew
by the time of the first Hogsmeade visit when he tried to use the necklace.
But he didn't think he needed  NEWTs to use a deadly curse or
fix the cabinet. I think Draco  relished the idea that he had been
chosen for his cleverness; that he might also have been chosen for his gullibility
and as a punishment for his father's failure had not occurred to him. Naturally
Narcissa was not in a position to tell him. 

I'm sure Draco was imagining a pitched battle like the one that had taken
place in the Ministry, with plenty of gallant DE's for backup and curses flying
everywhere, in  which he would distinguish himself and completely erase 
his father's disgrace.

No doubt Voldemort tired of flattering Draco; it was not necessary once Draco
had committed himself by making the attempt with the necklace. LV could then 
use the threat of exposure along with the threat to Draco's family to keep his 
reluctant servant in line. 

Pippin