The Malfoys

[jkoney65]

No: HPFGUIDX 173645

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Stephanie" 
<minorsocialite at ...> wrote:
>
> Hey all,
> I'm really hoping that JKR will come out with more information on 
the
> future of the Malfoys.

Jack-A-Roe:
I would assume that their future held jail time. Lucius was in prison 
before the corrupted government freed him. He did nothing to redeem 
himself at all. He would have fought for Voldemort if he had been 
allowed to.

Draco was on the run from the ministry. He sent in a cursed object 
which harmed Katie, he sent poisoned mead which almost killed Ron, he 
brought death eaters into Hogwarts including Greyback. His only 
defense is that he didn't actually kill DD but he did disarm him. He 
also didn't immediately say he recognized Harry and the others.

But he wanted to capture Harry and take him to Voldemort. Sorry but 
it's prison time for Draco.

Narcissa would probably get off with the help of Harry backing her 
story that she helped him.

Stephanie: 
> My interest in the Malfoy family was only further peaked in DH when 
I
> saw the Lucius, Narcissa, and Draco's obvious love for one another.
> 
> Draco's character seemed so on the verge of really blossoming in a
> fascinating way but then the series ended! 


Jack-A-Roe:
It seems that they were circling the wagons. No one else cared about 
them so they had nothing but each other to cling to.



Stephanie:
> The origins of this sort of reaction were explained when Narcissa 
and
> Lucius, at the height of the fighting weren't even remotely
> interested in the battle, the dark lord, or any of the rest of it.
> Their whole focus was on their son and his safety.


Jack-A-Roe:
That was because they had no wands and couldn't fight. Given the 
chance they would have done anything that Voldemort asked.

Stephanie:
> While Draco may have been a brat, and a little terror, raised with 
an
> overwhelming sense of racial---pure blood---superiority, he also
> seems to have imbibed, at his mother's knee, a strong "people first"
> ethos.
> 

Jack-A-Roe:
People first???  More of a "save your own skin" and that of your 
family. Yes, he did help Goyle and was upset about Crabbe, but then 
again he still had to explain to the other DE's how he survived and 
they died. With his family out of favor I don't think he would have 
been welcomed back with open arms.