I don't know whether respecting them would be in the picture either, exactly. I mean, he doesn't have to become a great guy fighting for their equality, really. But I was actually thinking of this scene when I was thinking about this:
The one time we hear Lucius actually speaking with Draco, he tells Draco to pretend to be nice to Harry Potter for the sake of maintaining an image. And Draco just goes around and does the exact opposite every year following. It got to the point where Lucius probably realized that it would be stupid for his son to suddenly go from hating Potter the most to being his friend, so he probably just gave up.
To me that sort of points out a difference betweent them--which granted could have something to do with age. I love that Draco sort of says what Lucius doesn't say, but really means. He doesn't see any reason to hide his feelings about right and wrong because they are right and wrong. Hating Harry is important to him, so he can't really lie about it. That's why I have a hard time picturing Draco growing up to be Lucius, somebody who can just purely act on what makes things better for him.
I mean, not that he doesn't keep his feelings in control in HBP, but that's more because he's more directed there. Everything he's doing is in service of the things he knows are good. He doesn't waste time picking on Harry, but he doesn't have to pretend to like him, that we know for sure. Even if he's Tonks he's not saying that *he* likes Harry, he's just having to pretend for Tonks' sake.
But of course, like I said, this isn't a prediction. It could go any number of ways. I just love watching Draco have to actually deal with and think through the way he feels about this stuff, dredge up any feelings he's repressing and all that. Mwahahaha!
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2005-12-03 10:19 pm (UTC)The one time we hear Lucius actually speaking with Draco, he tells Draco to pretend to be nice to Harry Potter for the sake of maintaining an image. And Draco just goes around and does the exact opposite every year following. It got to the point where Lucius probably realized that it would be stupid for his son to suddenly go from hating Potter the most to being his friend, so he probably just gave up.
To me that sort of points out a difference betweent them--which granted could have something to do with age. I love that Draco sort of says what Lucius doesn't say, but really means. He doesn't see any reason to hide his feelings about right and wrong because they are right and wrong. Hating Harry is important to him, so he can't really lie about it. That's why I have a hard time picturing Draco growing up to be Lucius, somebody who can just purely act on what makes things better for him.
I mean, not that he doesn't keep his feelings in control in HBP, but that's more because he's more directed there. Everything he's doing is in service of the things he knows are good. He doesn't waste time picking on Harry, but he doesn't have to pretend to like him, that we know for sure. Even if he's Tonks he's not saying that *he* likes Harry, he's just having to pretend for Tonks' sake.
But of course, like I said, this isn't a prediction. It could go any number of ways. I just love watching Draco have to actually deal with and think through the way he feels about this stuff, dredge up any feelings he's repressing and all that. Mwahahaha!