Draco's Intention was: Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: Special treatment - yes or no

[An'nai Jiriki]

No: HPFGUIDX 146012



--- potioncat <willsonkmom at msn.com> wrote:
<snip> 
> > Valky:
> > All said, Draco did set out that night with the
> full intention to 
> earn
> > Slytherin a lead in the House cup by being a
> rotten little snitch,
> > right? And he managed it. He could have chosen to
> do something great
> > instead, and if he had done then I'd be with you
> that Slytherin 
> should
> > have retained their win.
> 
> Potioncat:
> I'm at a loss here. I thought Draco wanted to get
> Harry in trouble. 
> Does he say his goal is to get the House Cup? In
> fact, a staff member 
> is breaking the law, so the Trio aren't up to good
> either. (Of 
> course, I'm fully behind them in this one.) What
> great thing could he 
> have done? I think the better thing would have been
> to report the 
> dragon to a teacher. 
<Snip>
> Potioncat:
> In fact, the 150 points that the Trio earn counter
> the 150 points 
> that *McGonagall* took from Gryffindor. She took
> them because the 
> kids were out of bounds and she thought they had
> tricked Malfoy. And 
> as she thought they had tricked Neville too, the 50
> points from him 
> were not fair. She should only have docked him 20
> like she had Malfoy.


I saw Draco as doing the same thing Harry was doing
with the Dragon.  Draco was out of bounds because he
thought there was a dragon in the school and perhaps
he could do something about it.  Just Like Harry! For
good or ill, Draco was doing the same thing Harry did.

And Draco did the right thing when caught, telling the
teacher! The school does a horrible thing to Draco
throughout the first book by saying one thing and
rewarding opposite behaviour for just a few.  No
wonder Draco is so jaded throughout the rest of the
books.

While it was fair that McGonagall took points away and
gave dentention, it wasn't fair in the grand scheme
because Harry rarely gets points taken away for being
out of bounds.  

Mezu

PS: We can only speculate what would have happened if
the dragon was caught. I think DD would have rewarded
the trio, even if it was wrong. <- This is only
opinion/venting, I'm not really saying to to start conversation.

"You irritate me. Kill me now." ~Javert, Les Miserables


		
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