[HPforGrownups] Draco as Victim in GoF (was: Re: The Huge overreactions...)

[catherine higgins]

No: HPFGUIDX 150315


    Betsy Hp:  But, oh my
God!  FIVE!!  Against three!  And two of them attacked from behind!
Where's the heroism?  Where's the vaunted Gryffindor chivalry?  I'm
just glad none of the Weasley boys riffled Draco's robes for spare
change.

  Catherine now:
   
  I agree that 5 against 3 is a little crummy, but HRH didn't know that FG were outside in the hallway, and FG didn't know that HRH had their wands out and ready. So they weren't ganging up on Malfoy and his croonies. They just all attacked at the same time. It's a little different.
   
  In fact, in the part of your post that I snipped you had mentiones that Malfoy doesn't think physically. I however disagree. Crabbe and Goyle are not his backup for their magical talent. They are big and intimidating. Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle are the ones who went to HRH's cabin, not the other way around. Malfoy is an instigator who likes getting other people in trouble, keeping his own hands clean. 
   
  Personally, I have to question his intelligence doing what he did....did he not expect HRH to draw their wands and try something? Magically speaking, Draco, Crabbe and Goyle are far behind HRH as a team of talent. So why even go there? I don't understand it at all. There are no teachers on the train for HRH to get in trouble for using magic, and all Draco has is muscle behind him. Personally, I akin Draco's actions to poking a sleeping lion in the eye. It was a stupid thing to do. What did he expect to gain?
   
  Catherine
  (who now has 145 messages to read....when will the housework ever get done????)

		
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