Being Good and Evil ( Draco and a bit of Ron)/Harry as DD man

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 154667

Alla:
> See, I fully accept that HBP may signal the potential change in 
> Draco, I mean if the events on the Tower will not cause him to wake 
> up, I think nothing will, BUT for five books he was the same 
> disgusting bigot ( my view of him only) without indicating ANY 
> positive qualities.
> 
> What you say about him changing when stakes went up makes sense, BUT 
> I would love for JKR to drop me a SIGN, small sign that Draco is not 
> totally bad. I mean one can argue that there were signs  in earlier 
> books, but I did not see any.
> 
Pippin:
The sign for me was in PS/SS when Draco fled screaming from
the hooded figure he saw preying on the unicorn. That proved to 
me that he was not a psychopath, who would have shown no terror, 
nor a sadist at heart, who would have wanted to see an innocent 
creature suffer. (Draco does enjoy seeing his enemies suffer but,
to be honest, who doesn't?) All that has to happen for Draco
to be redeemed is for him to realize that all he'd been 
brought up to believe is a pack of lies. That won't be so easy for
him, because the people who were lying to him were people
he loved. 

I think Draco was raised to believe that Muggles and Muggleborns
are his enemies, and that every thing they have was stolen from
proper wizards, with the aid of deluded or self-serving traitors
like the Weasleys and Dumbledore. How was Draco to know that
Dumbledore was not seeking power for himself? Even Fudge
thought so, with far less excuse. It wasn't until he confronted
an utterly helpless Dumbledore who still maintained that using
the word Mudblood was offensive that Draco could see for himself
that this wasn't just a political position.

Pippin