Draco and Intent: Re: Snape and Harry’s Sadism (was: Lack of re-examination)

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No: HPFGUIDX 186821


> Montavilla47:
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> I don't know that Draco would have had to pay the same price as Percy, Sirius,or Andromeda.  For one thing, all three of them had siblings.  It's one thing to reject a child when you have others waiting in the wings than to reject your only heir.
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> It's quite possible that, if Draco had changed his views towards Muggleborn,that Lucius and Narcissa would have agonized over his youthful folly, but  tolerated it and continued to love him as much as they ever did.
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> That's the way *most* parents are.
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Pippin:

::boggles:: 

I can't speak for most parents...But Walburga didn't reach out to Sirius  when he became her only heir. He was still the shame of her flesh and the defiler of her household. And it would have been about as likely as Papas Capulet and Montague giving Romeo permission to court Juliet, IMO. Or Tevye telling Chava that it's no problem that she converted to Christianity and married outside the faith. 

Of course things are different in the Buffyverse. I never got real familiar with it, but I seem to remember Buffy's parents being treated a lot like Hermione treats hers. The idea of a parent having any real authority or influence was laughable. But that's not where Draco lives.

Darcy was his own master, too, IIRC, and Elizabeth was not so far beneath him that his entire social circle would have been scandalized and cut him off. It's not like she was a servant girl or a factory maid, or someone of another faith. 


Pippin