Draco and Harry (was:The GoF Train Scene - and beyond...)

[rlai1977]

No: HPFGUIDX 147076

> Amiable Dorsai:
> It is hard to get over a bad first impression isn't it?  
Fortunately,
> Harry's had plenty of opportunities to see Draco's good side.  I 
took
> a quick run through the first three books for examples of Draco's
> better nature.  I had little difficulty finding them:
> 
> There's his concern for Harry's well-being:
> 
> "You'll soon find out some wizarding families are much better than
> others, Potter. You don't want to go making friends with the wrong
> sort. I can help you there." (SS)
> 
> "I do feel so sorry," said Draco Malfoy, one Potions class, "for 
all
> those people who have to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas because
> they're not wanted at home."  He was looking over at Harry as he
> spoke. Crabbe and Goyle chuckled. (SS)
> 
> "I'd be careful if I were you, Potter," he said slowly. "Unless 
you're
> a bit politer you'll go the same way as your parents. They didn't 
know
> what was good for them, either. You hang around with riffraff like 
the
> Weasleys and that Hagrid, and it'll rub off on you." (SS)
> 
> 
> His cool nerve:
> 
> "AAAAAAAAAARGH!"  Malfoy let out a terrible scream and bolted -- so
> did Fang.  (SS)
> 
> "I'm dying!" Malfoy yelled as the class panicked. "I'm dying look 
at
> me! It's killed me!" (PA)
> 
> 
> His instinctive feel for animals:
> 
> "This is very easy," Malfoy drawled, loud enough for Harry to hear
> him. "I knew it must have been, if Potter could do it.... I bet 
you're
> not dangerous at all, are you?" he said to the hippogriff. "Are 
you,
> you great ugly brute?" (PA)
> 
> His concern for the poor:
> 
> "Not as surprised as I am to see you in a shop, Weasley," retorted
> Malfoy. "I suppose your parents will go hungry for a month to pay 
for
> all those." 
> 
> "Look at the state of his robes," Malfoy would say in a loud 
whisper
> as Professor Lupin passed. "He dresses like our old house-elf" (PA)
> 
> "I heard your father finally got his hands on some gold this 
summer,
> Weasley," said Malfoy. "Did your mother die of shock?" (PA)
> 
> 
> 
> His dedication to sportsmanship and fair play:
> 
> Harry swung his wand high, but Malfoy had already started 
on "two"... (CS)
> 
> 
> "You gave Mr. Malfoy quite a fright," said Lupin.
> 
>     Harry stared. Lying in a crumpled heap on the ground were 
Malfoy,
> Crabbe, Goyle, and Marcus Flint, the Slytherin team Captain, all
> struggling to remove themselves from long, black, hooded robes. It
> looked as though Malfoy had been standing on Goyle's shoulders. 
(PA)
> 
> Horrified, he looked around. Malfoy had thrown himself forward,
> grabbed hold of the Firebolt's tail, and was pulling it back.  (PA)
> 
> 
> His commitment to equality for all Witches and Wizards:
> 
> "No one asked your opinion, you filthy little Mudblood," he spat. 
(CS)
> 
> "Saint Potter, the Mudbloods' friend," said Malfoy slowly. "He's
> another one with no proper wizard feeling, or he wouldn't go around
> with that jumped up Granger Mudblood. And people think he's
> Slytherin's heir!" (CS)
> 
> But I know one thing - last time the Chamber of Secrets was 
opened, a
> Mudblood died. So I bet it's a matter of time before one of them's
> killed this time .... I hope it's Granger," he said with relish. 
(CS)
> 
> "I'm quite surprised the Mudbloods haven't all packed their bags by
> now," Malfoy went on. "Bet you five Galleons the next one dies. 
Pity
> it wasn't Granger -" (CS)
> 
> And of course, his impulse to share:
> 
> "But we don't feel like leaving, do we, boys? We've eaten all our 
food
> and you still seem to have some." (SS)
> 
> 
> Yes, I'm sure that Harry will soon come to his senses and realize 
what
> a swell fellow Draco is and will ask him on bended knee to forget 
the
> past and be friends.
> 
> Amiable Dorsai
>

*ROFL*
Thank you. Thank you for sharing the "highlights" of Draco Malfoy's 
career as THE class clown at Hogwarts. These glorious moments of his 
made up over half of the reason I love this little bastard so much, 
for I have a rubbish sort of humour and his supposedly "nasty" 
remarks managed to make me laugh 90% of the time.

I won't butt in your discussion with Betsy about Harry's potential 
friendship with Draco though, since I have a different perception a 
bout it from both of you :-)

RP