[HPforGrownups] Re: Maraurders/he exists

[Magpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 168262

> Mike:
> I thought I had given my answer. I'll try again.
>
> I picture the Sevie v James dynamic quite parallel to Draco v Harry.
> Think back to the dueling club. Draco conjures a venomous snake with
> prompting from Snape. By the sixth year, the most we've seen Harry
> conjure has been water. And I don't think Snape is *that* good of a
> teacher. I think Draco knew many more spells than Harry did, in the
> early years, despite Ron's exhortations in PS/SS to the contrary. But
> Harry is able to hold his own because of his quick reflexes, even
> though he can only retaliate with a tickling charm.
>
> Harry and Draco have a few dust-ups in the hallways, don't they?
> Probably not unlike James and Sevie. Do any of their other classmates
> seem scared of Draco? Say Ernie McMillan, or Zach Smith? It doesn't
> seem so to me. Neither do I think the other kids were scared of
> Severus in his schooldays. > But neither Harry nor James would be wise to 
> turn his back on Draco
> or Severus, imo. In fact, Draco got ferretized for taking a shot at
> Harry while Harry's back was turned.

Magpie:
I have to say, I don't think you can make this specific comparison, because 
Draco simply hasn't been said to have the kind of reputation Sirius gives to 
Snape. He and Harry are evenly matched dueling throughout the books. The 
only time one of them really seems to be better is, imo, at the end of OotP.

Turning your back on the Twins isn't a good idea either--they like hitting 
from behind too. Draco doesn't have the history of rep even they have. He 
fights with Harry, and after one argument shoots a hex at him from behind, 
(and he hexes Neville with a leg-locker in first year) but he's not 
particularly known for hexing people. I'm sure the Gryffindors would have 
laughed if Harry turned Draco into a ferret, but the school has never been 
afraid of Draco hexing them because he isn't known for doing it. He's a very 
different kid than Snape.Most of his bullying is social.

Mike:
>
> Even Dumbledore draws a parallel between Harry-Draco and James-
> Severus. The **possible** difference *might* be that Draco has
> CrabbenGoyle for allies and Snape *may* have had more powerful allies
> in upper class Slytherins. <that enough opinion language? ;)>

Magpie:
If they were anything like Crabbe and Goyle they didn't actually do much.:-)

That said, I do agree that Snape/MWPP was an on-going fight probably more 
like Harry and Draco, definitely. Draco is kind of the silent fourth party 
in the SWM scene--it's his taking Snape away that gives Harry access to the 
Pensieve.

-m