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[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 168435

Alla:
> And where it matters not the less, to me anyways :)
> 
> She answered some canon questions. Now if I had **any** doubts 
that she 
> is going for sobbing story with Draco Malfoy, I have none anymore, 
hehe.
> 
> Poor dear could not produce Patronus before HBP, tee hee. But even 
this 
> she answered in a tricky way, IMO.
> 
> Can he not produce because he is not good enough or because he did 
not 
> have any happy memories?

Magpie:
Err...neither as far as we know. She said that as of the end of HBP 
Draco has no idea how to produce a Patronus--just like most every 
other kid at Hogwarts (except those who got privately taught, such 
as Harry and the DA)--because that spell isn't taught in school. So 
it's not really a spoiler--Draco had never been taught about 
Patronuses as far as we know. It doesn't necessarily indicate he's 
got to ultimately have a sad story or not. Harry's already been 
lauded for his talent in producing a Patronus in OotP (though others 
in the DA can also produce one by then). But Draco has not been 
thoroughly judged and found inadequate in that particular answer. 
It's the same as if she'd been asked what Draco saw in the Mirror of 
Erised and she said he'd never looked into it so nobody knows.

I may be being too optimistic myself, but I thought she was 
potentially trickier on the question of Draco's wand. I had, like 
the questioner, assumed Hawthorn to begin with for the month (plus 
it seemed to fit). She was asked his wand qualities and only gave 
the wood, with the story of how she'd chosen his, like Harry's, for 
the personal characteristics and then discovered she'd chosen the 
wood associated with his birthday in the Celtic chart. So she left 
out the core, which is part of the wand description. But that might 
mean nothing.

-m