Draco's Birthday (was: Snape and Malfoy (Narcissa))

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 169844

Siriusly Snapey Susan:
> > Yes, June 5 apparently, per JKR's website.
> > 
> > Herself wishing Draco Malfoy a happy birthday??  What's up with
that, folks?  What does it mean for Draco in DH (if anything)?  Or did
she wish him happy birthday at her site before this year as well?

Hickengruendler:
> 
> Yes, she did. She wished him a Happy Birthday for three years in a
row, now.
> 
> I do think it bodes well for a possible redemption of him, (but so
did HBP anyway). I don't think she would sent him Birthday wishes, if
she saw him as irredeemable or anything like that.

Carol adds:

Hi, SSS! I've missed your posts lately. 

I think the *timing* of Draco's birthday is very interesting since the
events in the tower occur in early June, possibly on his birthday
itself. Was Draco a "man" at the time that he let the DEs into
Hogwarts with the intention of killing Dumbledore with them as
back-up, or can he still claim being underage by a day or two if the
Aurors arrest him for reckless endangerment and attempted murder?
Would a few days make a difference in the eyes of the Wizengamot? (I
tend to think they wouldn't.) Would Snape's vow to protect Draco
(which was not limited like the "watch over him" provision by Draco's
mission for the Dark Lord) still hold despite Draco's being of age, or
would it expire (like Harry's blood protection) on the protected
person's seventeenth birthday?

I agree that Draco's presence on the birthday list (like Snape's) is a
good sign and it may also indicate that she considers him a major
character, unlike, say Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan, whose
birthdays remain unknown.

Carol, hoping for a new FAQ poll on JKR's site before it's too late!