Dark Magic (+ a little Marietta)/Buckbeak and Draco

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 176862

Lanval:
<snip>
One can blame Hermione for not thinking through ALL possible
scenarios, I suppose. But how does the failure of
Hermione's security plan mean that there can never have been one to
begin with? Because that's what I understood the former poster,
Angel, to be arguing. That it was all about revenge.

Alla:

Me too


Magpie:
<SNIP>
And I find that Buckbeak and the Gryffindors do suck in this scene,
very much so.
<HUGE SNIP>


Alla:

I wanted to stay out of it, I really did, since I know how you feel, 
you know how I feel about that scene, having debated that many times 
before. Namely what Draco did makes me very very angry.

But I have to say that since I do not remember you expressing it 
before.  **Buckbeak** sucks in this scene? I mean, I can understand 
blaming Hagrid. I do not blame him, I blame little bastard, but I 
understand how you blame him.

But Buckbeak sucks?  Amazing.

prep0strus:
> i'd have felt honored to bow to a hippogriff, and wish that draco
had
> gotten his stupid little head clawed off for sticking me with
> flobberworms for the rest of the year.

Magpie:
<SNIP>
See, while I would have bowed to the hippogriff too (which Draco
does) I am very bothered by the idea that Draco got anybody stuck
with flobberworms. To me, that's all about Hagrid's personality and
limits as a teacher--as is his setting things up so that something
was going to happen. Hagrid's career as a teacher to me reflects
Hagrid 100% and not Draco. And just as none of this would have
happened if Draco hadn't done what he did, well, same with Hagrid.
<SNIP>


Alla:

Well here I obviously say nothing new, but I am totally with Adam. 
Yes, I think Draco got everybody stuck with flobberworms, to me he 
absolutely played a part in it.

Adam may not know it, but I am not even the biggest fan of Hagrid. 
But I am not going to forget that he was already framed once and 
when Draco Malfoy does it to him again, yes I buy that the wounds of 
his youth are opened again.

Would he become a great teacher? Probably not, but do I think Draco 
Malfoy, that thirteen year old bastard helped robbed him of the 
chance to be a decent one? Yeah, I do think so.
I believed he tried hard on the first lesson, I believe he was hurt 
enough not to try anymore.

Which does not mean to me that Hagrid does not have his limitations 
as a teacher or what Malfoy did should have been enough to stop him 
in his tracks. I wish  Mcgonagall would shook him or Dumbledore HAHA 
took more hands on approach, but I certainly blame Draco Malfoy for 
his share.


JMO,

Alla, who would love to see Beaky having a long happy life in 
Potterverse.