Okay, okay! Heh. ^^;; You're a lot more sure than I am, and I'm just like, 'well, we'll see!' and not taking a big stand-- especially about Draco's psyche-- so I'm willing to simply er, yield on this :))
But I did check HBP, and Draco 'wheeled around' when Harry came in and drew his wand-- Harry pulled out his own 'instinctively' and Draco hexed him. Then Harry slipped and Draco (seeming angry) started to cry 'Crucio', and then Harry interrupted him with what was basically a killing spell (though he didn't know, but whatever). So unless he remembers this differently, this is a situation where a) he started the fight (no matter that Harry was 'asking for it' by intruding); b) he escalated the curses to serious stuff. Is this consistent with someone who is really out for his life in other types of circumstances?
I guess it's equivalent to pulling out a bigger (more deadly) weapon in a middle of what's already a knife fight-- like, pulling out a bigger knife when there's a switchblade involved or something. But not a gun or something that kills immediately (with one shot). In that situation, that seems to be different (as in, manslaughter-- as part of a violent encounter-- but not an attempt at calculated murder). Unlike the incident where Harry was defenseless on the train and Draco only stomped on him, this is part of a mutual fight, and Harry was on the defensive-- still not an -excuse-, but a different situation that may at least alleviate the 'threatened murder' thing.
At least, that's where I'm coming from-- it's like, even if Draco thought Harry knew it was a killing-level curse, that's still not the -same- as a premeditated attempt on his life that would apply in general. Draco may not realize that-- you may be right!-- I just see a lot fuzziness in Draco's reaction so I'm open to a variety of resolutions, that's all! ^^;
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Date: 2006-11-17 02:27 am (UTC)But I did check HBP, and Draco 'wheeled around' when Harry came in and drew his wand-- Harry pulled out his own 'instinctively' and Draco hexed him. Then Harry slipped and Draco (seeming angry) started to cry 'Crucio', and then Harry interrupted him with what was basically a killing spell (though he didn't know, but whatever). So unless he remembers this differently, this is a situation where a) he started the fight (no matter that Harry was 'asking for it' by intruding); b) he escalated the curses to serious stuff. Is this consistent with someone who is really out for his life in other types of circumstances?
I guess it's equivalent to pulling out a bigger (more deadly) weapon in a middle of what's already a knife fight-- like, pulling out a bigger knife when there's a switchblade involved or something. But not a gun or something that kills immediately (with one shot). In that situation, that seems to be different (as in, manslaughter-- as part of a violent encounter-- but not an attempt at calculated murder). Unlike the incident where Harry was defenseless on the train and Draco only stomped on him, this is part of a mutual fight, and Harry was on the defensive-- still not an -excuse-, but a different situation that may at least alleviate the 'threatened murder' thing.
At least, that's where I'm coming from-- it's like, even if Draco thought Harry knew it was a killing-level curse, that's still not the -same- as a premeditated attempt on his life that would apply in general. Draco may not realize that-- you may be right!-- I just see a lot fuzziness in Draco's reaction so I'm open to a variety of resolutions, that's all! ^^;