CHAPDISC: DH, EPILOGUE

[kneazlecat54]

No: HPFGUIDX 185531


> Laura wrote:
> <snip>
> 
> > Then do you think that Draco is changed?  A name like this, with 
its
> reptilian, threatening overtone, suggests otherwise to me.  JRK is
> very deliberate about names, and this one isn't exactly warm and 
cuddly.
> > <snip>
> 
> Carol responds:
> 
> I agree that the name Scorpius isn't warm and cuddly, but it does 
fit
> the Black family tradition of constellation names (Scorpio is a 
major
> constellation) while changing the ending to -us to fit the Malfoy
> family tradition of Latin masculine names ending in -us (Lucius, 
Abraxus).
> 
> And there's nothing reptilian about scorpions. They're arachnids!
 
Laura says:

Yeah, I'm not great on animal classification.  But still, arachnids 
aren't exactly everyone's favorite pet either (just ask Ron).  The 
choice of name implies to me that the Malfoys want people to keep 
their distance, that there's some danger in the family.  This is a 
family that has always had a great deal of pride and maybe the name is 
supposed to let people know that despite the family's recent troubles, 
the Malfoys can still hurt you if you take them for granted.



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