[HPforGrownups] The Malfoys

[Sharon Hayes]

No: HPFGUIDX 181628

Edna:
While reading DH, I sensed that the Malfoys may have
regretted being involved with LV. They were afraid for
Draco's life in HBP and they were very uncomfortable
with LV in their home in DH. There was a suggestion
that Lucius was probably feeling safe while in
Azkaban. Narcissa risked her own life in the forest
when she told LV that Harry was dead when he really
wasn't. During the war at Hogwarts, Lucius and
Narcissa's only concern was Draco. I think that even
though the Malfoys were all for a new world where pure
blood wizards ruled, they were not willing to give up
their own family for it. They obviously loved each
other very much, unlike Bellatrix, who said that if
she'd had any children, she would gladly have given
them up to the Dark Lord. I think that they were not
disappointed in the end. They still had their family
intact and happy to get on with their lives. They
probably were glad that LV was truly dead.
Sharon:
I agree completely. It is clear that the malfoys are very family-oriented in the last book. However, I wonder how things would have been if Lucius hadn't ended up in Azkaban. Voldemort was angry at him for botching the prophecy incident and so his family suffered for it.  I wonder what would have happened had Lucius been successful in obtaining the prophecy. Voldemort would have been ecstatic and Lucius and his family probably would have basked in his good will. Of course, I still think that family would have come fist for them, but maybe they would have been more supportive of Voldemort.  Just a thought. As it was, I think Lucius realised what a nutter and a megalomaniac Voldemort was after suffering his wrath, and how little importance he placed on loyalty.  For Voldemort, performance is the measure of worth, not loyalty.


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