Convenience and weakness, which to me are not the traits of a good guy, seem to be the main factors of being a born-again anti-V.
I think that would depend on the born-again anti-V. Peter, for instance, joins the DEs for what seems like these qualities, which is different from why someone else would join them. I think it's equally too simple to assume that someone having a chance of heart about being a DE must mean one has become any sort of guy at all, including a good one. I can think of plenty of reasons to not be a DE while still being a bad person--maybe even a worse person who just sees the drawbacks of being a DE.
I think Draco's story isn't really about being good or heroic. He could grow to do something heroic as anyone could, but at this point I don't think he's at that level now. He's not Snape either, as far as I see now.
A DE is always evil, to us, for the same reason that those who were willing Nazi's are always evil.
There I would disagree--I'd imagine, for instance, that many former Hitler Youth grew into good people. If someone truly changes their bad ideas into good ones, I'd judge them on what they became rather than what they were in the past. Someone willing to exterminate a whole race can't be good, but someone who once did I think could be.
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Date: 2006-05-26 12:18 am (UTC)I think that would depend on the born-again anti-V. Peter, for instance, joins the DEs for what seems like these qualities, which is different from why someone else would join them. I think it's equally too simple to assume that someone having a chance of heart about being a DE must mean one has become any sort of guy at all, including a good one. I can think of plenty of reasons to not be a DE while still being a bad person--maybe even a worse person who just sees the drawbacks of being a DE.
I think Draco's story isn't really about being good or heroic. He could grow to do something heroic as anyone could, but at this point I don't think he's at that level now. He's not Snape either, as far as I see now.
A DE is always evil, to us, for the same reason that those who were willing Nazi's are always evil.
There I would disagree--I'd imagine, for instance, that many former Hitler Youth grew into good people. If someone truly changes their bad ideas into good ones, I'd judge them on what they became rather than what they were in the past. Someone willing to exterminate a whole race can't be good, but someone who once did I think could be.