Re: Draco Unredeemed and the Cabinet That Won’t Die (long)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 159130

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cheryl" <xcpublishing at ...> wrote:
>
> I've been reading the Draco/Vanishing Cabinet posts all afternoon and 
> I'm glad to see Draco finally getting some controversy.  He was such 
> a cardboard bully in the first five books that it was nice to see him 
> growing some character.  My question is this:  Will Draco be redeemed 
> in the final book?  I hope so, because I am a hopeless romantic that 
> always seeks to find the good in people.  I also hope not, because I 
> am a Gemini, which means that the realist in me tends to stomp the 
> hopeless romantic flat whenever she becomes annoying.

<snip>

> Now Draco is on the run with Snape and the DEs, and I fear he'll have 
> a minimal part in the next book and will be forever unredeemed 
> because that's just the way it is for boys like him, even in fiction 
> sometimes.
> 
> Nicky Joe, Draco Hater/Draco Lover

Geoff:
Having read this post and Steve's reply in 159129, I was reminded to look up previous 
posts on this topic.

The most recent discussion was, I think, back in March when I came in on a thread 
"Defecting Draco".

To save copying pasting sizeable chunks of old posts, perhaps if I direct readers to the 
group of posts concerned, It might be of interest to read what was said then.

The relevant messages were: 149543, 149592, 149602 and 149627.