I can see your point about Draco. He's back at school in an environment that he's comfortable with, he's got his henchmen and he's going to snag Harry Potter and save his family. But it doesn't quite fit in my head because Draco had the opportunity to do all of that. When Narcissa asked him to identify the trio at Malfoy Manor he could have and didn't. What changed between then and now. The Malfoy's position with Voldemort has been steadily declining and I don't get the impression that Draco isn't aware of the dangerous situation that he's put his family into. So, why wait to turn in the Trio when it could mean the reinstatement of his family honor and by extension their safety/security?
One of the things that used to bother me so much about HP was it seemed like Harry did have a "greater morality". A kind of, he knows what's right, and he always does the right thing.
Absolutely. Harry was never my favorite character for all of those reasons. Although, I think that this really was supposed to be a flaw as much as his strength, it was an annoying habit. I think that because Rowling made it a sort of flaw, he was easier for me to deal with. I always loved Ron and Hermione because they were there even though they didn't have to be.
Slytherin gets painted as the villian, "there wasn't a witch or wizard who went bad that wasn't in Slytherin", and never really changes position. But here is Harry saving Malfoy and saying, okay, even though you are bad, you do not deserve to do and so I will save you.
Wit the exception of HBP I never really cared about Draco, so I haven't really thought of him all that much, so I'm sure that I'm missing loads. I'll be excited to read the entire series once I get the first three books in hardback. (I know ... I know... but I came late to the party.)
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One of the things that used to bother me so much about HP was it seemed like Harry did have a "greater morality". A kind of, he knows what's right, and he always does the right thing.
Absolutely. Harry was never my favorite character for all of those reasons. Although, I think that this really was supposed to be a flaw as much as his strength, it was an annoying habit. I think that because Rowling made it a sort of flaw, he was easier for me to deal with. I always loved Ron and Hermione because they were there even though they didn't have to be.
Slytherin gets painted as the villian, "there wasn't a witch or wizard who went bad that wasn't in Slytherin", and never really changes position. But here is Harry saving Malfoy and saying, okay, even though you are bad, you do not deserve to do and so I will save you.
Wit the exception of HBP I never really cared about Draco, so I haven't really thought of him all that much, so I'm sure that I'm missing loads. I'll be excited to read the entire series once I get the first three books in hardback. (I know ... I know... but I came late to the party.)