Draco and Intent: and some Avatar spoilers WAS: Re: Snape and Harry’s Sadism

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> Betsy Hp:
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> Because I was expecting the turn around I noted that Draco, despite his claim of being deeply beloved by his parents, was left completely alone in the dress shop.  I noted that he was trying desperately to become Harry's friend (which I thought rather sweet), and I cringed *for* Draco because he was so ignorantly going about it the wrong way.
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Alla:
Heh, just as I could never understand where this argument of Draco not really being loved by his parents comes from. Because I happen to believe that I do eat these kinds of stories with the spoon and when for example Zuco from Avatar claims that his daddy loves him, well I do not really believe him. Because we are treated to the flashback soon after those words when Zuco's daddy gives him that awful wound. I guess he wanted to teach his kid sportsmanship or something.

Anyways, to me Avatar writers were absolutely clear here, so when Zuco keeps saying it, all that I am thinking oh you poor deluded child, you have to figure things out and soon. And boy his journey did not disappoint me.

But when Draco says that his parents love him? Um, I do not know how many more support for that JKR could have put in the text? Brooms for whole team? Here you go Draco, have them. Yes, his father wanted him to get good grades, yes, to me it is the sign that his father loves and cares for his child, because he wants him to be well educated. My parents wanted me to have good grades too and yes, I thought it was a sign of how much they loved me.

Narcissa would not let her baby to go far away from her, won't she?  I thought it is totally a sign of spoiled mama boy that she won't let him go to Durmstrang. And of course there is nothing wrong with sending sweets to your child to boarding school. I however am very hard pressed to think of it as anything else but the sign of love his parents feel for him.

In short, I never ever doubted that Draco is the apple of both Narcissa and Lucius eyes. I just thought that apple is deeply rotten from inside.

And of course book seven to me confirmed just how much they loved him.

Oh and yes, I agree that Draco wanted to be friends with Harry, I just never thought that it was for any other reason than to make Lucius' even more proud of Draco.

JMO,

Alla