[the_old_crowd] Re: Snape's Age RE: Tonks's age: A possible solution

[Heidi Tandy]

On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 2:45 pm, pippin_999 wrote:

> I can see Lucius, who always wants the best for himself, delaying
> marriage while the lovely and promising Black sisters  grow up.
> Bella would be a bit much for him, and anyway she seems to have
> set her sights on Lestrange. But what if  Andromeda married in
> haste to avoid being given to him?
>
And my take on this is actually somewhat the opposite. Since OotP, I've 
thought that Sirius was to marry Narcissa, and when he fled the family*, 
that smart-but-not-wealthy pureblood Lucius Malfoy got lucky enough to 
marry into the wealthy Black family as he was the Most Promising 
Option.

Lucius seems to me a bit of a parvenu, and it would explain his rivalry 
with Arthur in a way that just doesn't make sense if they're in fully 
different socioeconomic zones, especially if Arthur is more than a year 
or so older than Lucius.

Also, it might explain his interest in becoming a Death Eater - a way to 
have some power and standing on his own, rather than through his wife's 
family. And yes, I've factored in the mention of the Wiltshire house - 
it might've been a wedding present from Narcissa's family, to set her up 
in the style to which she's accustomed.

Heidi


* no, not necessarily because of his half-blood werewolf boyfriend, but 
the theory certainly doesn't *bar* half-blood werewolf boyfriends