I don't think Lucius is a stone cold killer at all. His only murder attempt we see is enormously at a remove: I think he'd probably hate getting his hands dirty, as it were.
Also I think death at this point is totally deglamourised for Draco. He can't kill and doesn't seem to want to, he's shaky that someone got hurt or killed (Bill) in the attack. He knows he can't spin things with Voldemort, and now the leader of the opposing side to Voldemort has shown himself (however ethically superior to Voldemort he is, I'm not saying Draco thinks he is Voldemort) as likely to shoot on sight. There can be no rapprochment to the side of good if Draco thinks Harry is just as ready to kill him, if not more, than Voldemort.
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Date: 2006-11-16 01:46 pm (UTC)Also I think death at this point is totally deglamourised for Draco. He can't kill and doesn't seem to want to, he's shaky that someone got hurt or killed (Bill) in the attack. He knows he can't spin things with Voldemort, and now the leader of the opposing side to Voldemort has shown himself (however ethically superior to Voldemort he is, I'm not saying Draco thinks he is Voldemort) as likely to shoot on sight. There can be no rapprochment to the side of good if Draco thinks Harry is just as ready to kill him, if not more, than Voldemort.