Snape and Lucius was James and Intent And Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 187076

Kate: 
> Off topic, slightly, I can never understand why, in the era the HP books are set that anyone sees Lucius Malfoy as a willing Death Eater.  He's the last one to arrive at Voldemort's 're-birth', Voldemort clearly does not like or trust him, and therefore uses him above others to further intimidate him, but unlike Regulus who can commit suicide to prove he came over to the light, Lucius has a wife and son he clearly adores, and does not want to lose them.  Talk about, between a rock and a hard place.  


Potioncat:
Yes, but the world isn't divided into good people and DEs. If Lucius had quit following LV he wouldn't have become a good person, and certainly wouldn't have joined DD.

Whatever Lucius believed during the first reign of the Dark Lord, he doesn't seem at all happy to have the old man back. If you ask me, Lucius had become the new Biggest Bully and he didn't like having to give up his position. Especially since his new position wasn't too secure and kept slipping lower.

So I think he would have been very happy to be the Big Boss of the DEs, it was LV he didn't care for.