In DH he was "Draco", not "Malfoy": - Was "Draco redeemed?"

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 176955

> Carol responds:
> I noticed that, too. Of course, he's also referred to as Draco in 
the
> HBP chapter title "Draco's Detour," but that could be primarily for
> the sake of alliteration. Also, we see the characters in "Spinner's
> End" referring to him by his first name, whereas Harry has never 
been
> on first-name terms with him (partly Draco's own fault, with his
> emphasis on surnames back in SS/PS): "And my name's Malfoy, Draco
> Malfoy" (SS Am. ed. 108). He also introduces Crabbe and Goyle by 
their
> last names only (108), and earlier he asks Harry "What's your 
surname,
> anyway?" (78), but is interrupted by Madam Malkin before receiving 
an
> answer. At any rate, Draco's interest in bloodlines (whether a 
fellow
> student has a known wizarding surname) puts them on a last-name 
basis
> from the beginning of their acquaintance. Oddly, even Draco's best
> friends (and it seems, surprisingly, that Draco does care about 
them)
> never achieve the intimacy of being addressed by their first names.
> OTOH, Snape, like Draco's parents, addresses him as Draco, at least
> outside of class.

Magpie:
Or it's a cultural thing. I always liked the idea that it sort of 
connected to Draco sounding upper class in an old fashioned way--in 
old boarding school books I believe it's normal for boys to all 
refer to each other by their last names. If there's more than one 
with the same last name they sometimes get Latin markers: Weasley 
Primus, Weasley Tertius etc. Harry calls Draco Malfoy due to 
dislike, but it's possible Crabbe and Goyle are just usually called 
that either because it's some sort of style thing to do it (as in 
the boarding school books) or maybe because it's thought to fit 
them. Tonks, for instance, is also called by her last name, but it 
is more meant as just a name.  

On the Harry-filter question with Buckbeak, I admit for me one of 
the biggest disappointments of DH was the weak challenging of his 
previous povs. I know that I can see scenes like the Buckbeak one 
any way I like, and certainly with Hagrid at least Harry himself 
acknowledges the difference between what he wants to see with the 
Hagrid situation and what he does see. But Harry's changes of heart 
were unfortunately duds for me personally, like going from white to 
off-white. Or white to green, but he wasn't married to white anyway.
It now occurs to me that it almost makes me feel like the times 
where I feel like JKR just can't bear to let him lose.

-m