Oh, with regard to whether Draco thought Harry was meaning to kill him-- I don't know! It's a hard call to be sure about; I was just talking about how that would then translate into comparisons with Voldemort. This reminds me of the Sirius-and-Snape thing, actually-- 'cause basically, Sirius tried to kill Snape, right. And this was a cause to be even more hateful towards him, but it didn't seem like Snape was thereafter -terrified- of Sirius, just because... (probably) they know each other & have this long history, this build-up which then explodes into extreme violence. Like in those gang movies, y'know? It becomes sad and seriously dangerous, and this is probably a really bad comparison, but it's like Harry & Draco are rival gang leaders, ahahah. They had this huge showdown/fight and it got too much to handle for both of them, but it's not the -same- as the Really Scary Mafia Boss with the semi-automatics and the hired killers and the history of casual murder, etc. Certainly Draco's likely to be a lot more wary now, but you could even spin it that he'd be more respectful, too; certainly, he almost convinced himself he could 'spin' the thing with Voldemort in book 6, whom he must've been afraid of from the start. It's hard for me to be certain about it, so I'm just guessing.
All I meant was yeah-- not denying he could easily assume Harry meant to kill him, but Harry is still -Harry-, and what that means in that context, to them, isn't necessarily what it would mean for normal English boys their age. They were in a very serious fight, and Draco himself was revved up at least -believing- he could and would kill-- so Harry being 'a killer' wouldn't be such a big deal (at least, it's possible to spin that way). I mean, they're both caught up in some serious shit in book 6, telling themselves they can handle it-- and Draco only folds at the end, post-Sectumsempra. He still tries, after his own brush with death.
A different question is, what evidence is there that Draco would assume Harry -wouldn't- try to hurt him at that point? After he threw his lot in with the Death Eaters, he must've known he was setting himself up for a lot of serious danger if that were found out-- the stakes were life and death, which is why he was so stressed, right? I could even see him running through different scenarios where Harry found out & went after him and he'd show Harry & beat him. It's not like Draco's the hunted victim and Harry's big 'knife' spell is enough to make him the next Dark Lord. Draco must've seen enough things by then-- like Greyback and Bellatrix and so on. His -father- is a stone cold killer... the boy must have -some- coping mechanism, some way of focusing more on whose side he's on and less on who's the big bad killer, unhealthy though that is?
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Date: 2006-11-16 01:32 pm (UTC)All I meant was yeah-- not denying he could easily assume Harry meant to kill him, but Harry is still -Harry-, and what that means in that context, to them, isn't necessarily what it would mean for normal English boys their age. They were in a very serious fight, and Draco himself was revved up at least -believing- he could and would kill-- so Harry being 'a killer' wouldn't be such a big deal (at least, it's possible to spin that way). I mean, they're both caught up in some serious shit in book 6, telling themselves they can handle it-- and Draco only folds at the end, post-Sectumsempra. He still tries, after his own brush with death.
A different question is, what evidence is there that Draco would assume Harry -wouldn't- try to hurt him at that point? After he threw his lot in with the Death Eaters, he must've known he was setting himself up for a lot of serious danger if that were found out-- the stakes were life and death, which is why he was so stressed, right? I could even see him running through different scenarios where Harry found out & went after him and he'd show Harry & beat him. It's not like Draco's the hunted victim and Harry's big 'knife' spell is enough to make him the next Dark Lord. Draco must've seen enough things by then-- like Greyback and Bellatrix and so on. His -father- is a stone cold killer... the boy must have -some- coping mechanism, some way of focusing more on whose side he's on and less on who's the big bad killer, unhealthy though that is?