What changed is Draco's more panicked than ever. I think he didn't identify Harry at the Manor because he couldn't decide what he was more afraid of: saying it's not Potter and so letting Potter get away, or saying it is Potter and having Voldemort descend on them immediately. He just doesn't want to have to deal. By the time Hogwarts is falling, he realizes he MUST deal.
And now that I think about it, on the subject of dealing--Draco always talks big, but rarely acts. He taunts Harry all through school but always acts surprised whenever Harry hurts him. He tries to kill Dumbledore for a year but when it finally comes to it can't go through with it. I can see Draco going through all the trouble to catch Harry, and then when he has him not quite know what to do with him.
I love how Draco kept reminding them Harry needed to be alive. I think it was less because that's what Voldemort wanted and more because he didn't want Harry killed, whether because Draco's too wimpy to be responsible for murder or there's something in him too good for it.
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.
Yes, but it is Harry saying, "You're not as bad as all that" rather than "you are my equal". And, you know, I constantly think: but Draco isn't Harry's equal. He's little and weak and cowardly and a bully. But if you're reason for not letting someone die is they're not bad enough--well that just means anyone who IS bad enough deserves to die.
And possibly that's true in the world of HP--Voldemort needed to die. But that is not a just or healthy way to view the world.
Have I mentioned how much I love Draco? I want to clutch, clutch him to my bosom. And then get him to have lots of sex with Harry, even after this book.
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What changed is Draco's more panicked than ever. I think he didn't identify Harry at the Manor because he couldn't decide what he was more afraid of: saying it's not Potter and so letting Potter get away, or saying it is Potter and having Voldemort descend on them immediately. He just doesn't want to have to deal. By the time Hogwarts is falling, he realizes he MUST deal.
And now that I think about it, on the subject of dealing--Draco always talks big, but rarely acts. He taunts Harry all through school but always acts surprised whenever Harry hurts him. He tries to kill Dumbledore for a year but when it finally comes to it can't go through with it. I can see Draco going through all the trouble to catch Harry, and then when he has him not quite know what to do with him.
I love how Draco kept reminding them Harry needed to be alive. I think it was less because that's what Voldemort wanted and more because he didn't want Harry killed, whether because Draco's too wimpy to be responsible for murder or there's something in him too good for it.
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.
Yes, but it is Harry saying, "You're not as bad as all that" rather than "you are my equal". And, you know, I constantly think: but Draco isn't Harry's equal. He's little and weak and cowardly and a bully. But if you're reason for not letting someone die is they're not bad enough--well that just means anyone who IS bad enough deserves to die.
And possibly that's true in the world of HP--Voldemort needed to die. But that is not a just or healthy way to view the world.
Have I mentioned how much I love Draco? I want to clutch, clutch him to my bosom. And then get him to have lots of sex with Harry, even after this book.