Raging Snape / Draco's Redemption / JKR's Plots (was:Re: seeds of betrayal)

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 149764

> Magpie:
> He doesn't speak proudly about those attempted murders, or praise 
> himself over them or speak arrogantly about them.  

a_svirn:
He did praise himself for working diligently on Dumbledore's 
destruction under Dumbledore's own nose. He's preening himself on 
his poisoning plot and all logistics involved – Rosmerta's enforced 
co-operation, charmed coins. He was actually very pleased with 
himself about it.
  
> > a_svirn:
> > If he is , he lying through his teeth. Because Draco *did* aim 
his 
> > gun. He just wasn't being discriminating, but that's only making 
> it 
> > worse.
> 
> Magpie:
> I didn't think Dumbledore was lying--it seemed like this scene 
> turned on just how much Dumbledore understood Draco's mindset and 
> actions.
> 
a_svirn:
Well, I don't think he was lying too. I just happen to think that 
your interpretation of Dumbledore's words is inaccurate. You 
effectively compared Draco's botched murder attempts to deloping in 
a duel – a deliberate conscious *avoiding* murder by firing into the 
air. There seem to be a contradiction here – either you are 
attempting murder, or you are deliberately sabotaging it. Draco did 
not sabotage his own attempts; he just didn't aim very 
discriminatively. Which, as I said before, is an aggravating 
circumstance rather than mitigating. Because he did not care how 
many lives he'd claim in the process of eliminating Dumbledore.