[HPforGrownups]Harry and Draco WAS: Dumbledore WAS: Re: Love and Joy vs. Hate and Despair

[sistermagpie at earthlink.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 190957

 
> Birgitta:

> Yes, at that second meeting Draco sounds more interested in Harry than 
> in that first meeting, but that's just because now he knows who Harry is.
> 
> Harry and Draco not being friends has little or nothing to do with any 
> biased views Harry may have had against Slytherin and more to do with 
> Draco himself and his behaviour/attitude.

Magpie:
And, as you point out, Harry's. Once Draco reminds him of Dudley by claiming he'll "bully" his parents into a broom, all of his lines take on a more repulsive tone for Harry. Especially stuff about Hagrid, which to Harry is going to come across a lot worse than, say, similar gossip about Snape would have. I admit, I always read Draco as very interested in Harry even before he knows who he is, but yeah, there was never any chance that Harry was going to like him in that scene, even without the creepy "they're not our kind" stuff.
> 
> And brainwashed? Really? Do you have any canon evidence that Draco was 
> brainwashed by his father?

Magpie:
I think he's just using "brainwashed" in the colloquial sense. He doesn't mean Lucius literally confunded him or anything, but that he was raised being taught these values all his life by the father he adored and respected (unlike Sirius the born rebel) and probably didn't even have other influences. 

-m