Dark Book - Blood and Cruelty/ Draco

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> Betsy Hp:
> Draco is not popular.  He's the kid in the back of the classroom, 
or 
> smoking behind the stairs, snarking at the popular boy.  Draco 
> doesn't "get" students to dislike Harry, IMO.  He's just very quick 
> to jump on the train when a controversy comes up and there's a 
group 
> that decides they don't like Harry today.
> 
> Draco didn't start or perpetuate the "Heir of Slytherin" rumors.  
> Draco didn't create the controversy between Harry and Cedric during 
> GoF. Etc., etc.  All Draco did was take advantage.

Amy:

He doesn't have to be popular; I wasn't arguing who would beat whom 
in a genuine popularity contest. He does, however, have the influence 
necessary to turn more people on Harry/Ron than they can turn on him. 
Which is why I'm arguing here in the first place (although I do agree 
with your assessment that Draco, in a way, was good for Harry -- 
character-building-wise).

Exactly which train did Draco jump on when he was entertaining the 
Slytherins with the fainting dramatics? Or when he came up with 
Weasley is Our King (something that a lot of the school soon picked 
up, and long before Ron actually helped win the Quidditch Cup)?

Betsy Hp: 
> As to "social suicide" Draco's in the bad group anyway.  He's never 
> going to be looked at as anything but bad blood by members of any 
> House not Slytherin.  And members of House Slytherin are never 
going 
> to look at anyone outside their house as people to befriend.  So 
> within his social circles, Draco's not at risk.  And outside his 
> social circles, Draco is already a pariah by virtue of his green 
and 
> silver tie.


Amy:

Even if you argue from the standpoint that the entire school has a 
vendetta against Slytherin (which I really think is reaching -- aside 
from when they're actively antagonizing other students, we've never 
seen the students of Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw be outright hostile to 
the Slytherins -- in fact, we actually see them borrow from said 
Slytherins on a few occasions), that doesn't discount the fact that 
Draco's social circle is apparently larger, or at least more willing 
to bow to his whims, than Harry's is. Whatever their relationship is 
with the rest of the school, Slytherin still makes up a quarter of 
the students, which is quite a lot of students; and Harry has never 
gotten the entirety of Gryffindor House on Draco's back before. 


Amy