Nineteen years later

[nikkalmati]

No: HPFGUIDX 191586



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dorothy dankanyin" <ddankanyin at ...> wrote:
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> From: <sigurd at ...>
> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 9:50 AM
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> > So I am prepared to accept a reformed Draco as a possibility.
> >
> > But it is not certain.
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> >
> > Otto,
>   I don't know if Draco Malfoy totally reformed, but from the nod at the 
> train station I'd say he's still a bit embarassed by his behavior and the 
> destruction of all he once believed in.  Maybe he still believes pure blood 
> is superior, but I think he's grown past all that.  Of course, it's only my 
> opinion.
>   Think peace,
>    Dorothy
>
Nikkalmati

I think we can reach a couple of conclusions from just the fact that Draco is standing at the train station with his son about to head off to Hogwarts.  Draco and his family are an accepted part of the WW.  He wasn't given life in Azkaban and he wants to be part of the new world order.  He didn't decide to move to France or to Bulgaria or whereever.  He has adapted.  The nod to Harry & company displays some sense of obligation, a recognition of their joint past, but it falls short of friendship.  They are acquaintences only.  All the talk aabout Slytherins and houses indicates that little has changed.  (Maybe just a little, if you listen to Harry and Hermione.)  Not so different from when James and Sirius were extolling the virtues of Gryffindor on the train to Hogwarts more than 40 years before.

Nikkalmati