Draco's Personality

[eviljunglechicken]

No: HPFGUIDX 165041

> Sherrie:
> > I don't think he's irredeemable - I just don't LIKE him.
> > For the record, I also don't like Ron Weasley or his brother
> > Percy.  Actually, some of the time I don't much like Harry.
> > Don't much care for a lot of the kids - if I were a Hogwarts
> > professor, I'd probably have a lot of Snapish attitudes,
> > honestly.

I had to laugh at this, because I also have to admit to finding
a lot of the kids irksome at times and in many ways.

> Geoff:
> One of the things I always like about the Harry Potter books
> is that there are many characters who display a variety of
> attitudes and outlooks and are not stereotyped into `goodies'
> or `baddies'. Unlike a lot of fiction, it's not the white hats
> versus the black hats but distinguishing which shade of grey
> hats the characters are wearing. :-)

This is what I would like to believe as well, but I don't have
your apparent confidence on the matter.

> Geoff:
> I have to admit that, although Dumbledore has vouched for Snape
> in the past and he appears to be on the side of the angels, I
> cannot stand the man. <snip>

I wouldn't call myself Snape's greatest fan as many people on
this list and other places are far more "fanatic" about him than
I care to be, but I do feel he's one of the more interesting
characters in canon.

> Geoff:
> As for Ron, I have occasional misgivings about him. There are
> times when he lets his temper get the better of him and I
> suspect that he can get very physical when annoyed. He also
> can be quite jealous even of Harry – perhaps especially of
> Harry.

Of the trio, it is Hermione who disturbs me the most.  She has
a ruthless streak coupled with the certainty that she is always
right. Ron has had his major stumbling moment in regards his
jealousy.  It seems Hermione is due one as well.

> Geoff:
> Draco. <snip> I also have to admit that I have an irrational
> liking for him; don't ask me why because I can't quantify it.

I like him too.

> Geoff:
> <snip> Draco comes from the wrong family. He is an only child,
> apparently with little contact with others outside Hogwarts,
> and has had nothing but Death Eater propaganda and superiority
> pumped into him. He has been denied the chance to really
> develop his own world view. <snip>

In a series where making choices has been heavily emphasized, I
find the possible journey from darkness of characters like Snape,
Draco, and Regulus more intriguing than the movement of those
characters who started on the "right" side.  (Now if one of those
characters unexpectedly jumps to Voldemort's side??....but I don't
expect to see that.)

eviljunglechicken