Dark Book - Blood and Cruelty

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 177199

> >>bboyminn:
> <snip>
> Draco threatened Hermione's life. If that makes 
> Hermione reasonably fear for her safety and her
> life, she is within her rights to defend herself,
> and her friend are withing their rights to assist
> in defending her since Draco has two very big goons
> with him.

Betsy Hp:
But it's not really self-defense because neither Draco, nor his 
goons, drew wands.  Draco made an ugly statement and was attacked by 
overwhelming odds, including an attack from behind.

The defense attorney could well argue that Hermione feared for her 
life because of Draco's words.  But we as readers know she did not.  
We were there.  And Hermione is not described as frightened.

> >>bboyminn:
> Draco is the provoker. He is the initiator. He 
> continual creates situations where others are 
> threatened and intimidated, and he pay a price for
> that. That is Draco's only problem. He can start a
> fight, he just can't finish it. Not unless the
> advantage is massively on his side. 

Betsy Hp:
Hmm... Actually, the one time the advantage isn't massively on 
*Harry's* side, Draco wins.  But on the whole, yes, Draco does push 
where a wiser man (or boy) would keep his head down.  But he's 
pushing *against* overwhelming odds.  Draco isn't the big man on 
campus.  Harry is.  And that's who Draco is continually throwing 
himself against.

> >>bboymin:
> This is classic bullying behavior.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
It's not actually.  That's the odd thing about it.  Draco picks 
fights he *cannot* win.  He's not picking on the mouse, he's the 
mouse pulling the cat's tail.  Hence him always losing.  Bullies 
generally go for the meek and mild where the win is gauranteed, and 
that's not what Draco is doing.  Fred and George are more typical 
bullies than Draco.  Draco is just... odd.

> >>bboyminn:
> <snip>
> Screw that. If Draco can't accept the heat, then
> maybe he should back off a little. You can't provoke
> people then whine when they are provoke to action.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
And that's the other odd thing: Draco doesn't often tell.  Does Harry 
ever get questioned about either train stomps?  Does Hermione get 
questioned about hitting Draco?  The only reason Harry got detention 
for beating Draco and cutting him was that a teacher actually 
witnessed the event or arrived during the bloody aftermath. 

It's more Draco's fans doing the "whining".  And mainly we're just 
pointing out that Draco is verbal and Harry's physical, and it's 
Harry who's got the goons picking on people much smaller than them.  
(Which I suppose gets interperted as "whining" because it's putting 
down Saint Harry? <eg>)

Betsy Hp (has always had a soft spot for the little guy)