Wow--I can't believe I never even made the connection between Draco's cat comments and Hermione. I see a direct connection between the B&B scene and the Quidditch pitch one, and you're right this one probably does come off of this. And of course, his face may be flushed from having to run all the way from the dungeons when he heard about the cat and fight his way through all those other students.:-)
A quick 'they were *our* kind?' is all we hear of him on the subject, if I recall correctly.
Yup. It feels like Chamber of Secrets he's just roped into being the prejudiced boy, actually, where last year he was the snob. This is why it's frustrating to talk about Mudbloods in general. Often when people point out that it seemed more like Draco was about class you get scolded for not paying enough attention to the Important Theme of racism.
And I definitely agree half the wizarding world seems to be crazy. In fact, as I said to Maya, were this character marked to be driven insane it would be a sad day for me, because he's usually the character who seems the most reasonable. You need somebody in Hagrid's class who might say, "Excuse me, should we really be poking that fire breathing dragon with a stick? I know you said he liked it as long as I smile pleasantly, but I have my doubts..."
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Date: 2004-08-02 09:03 pm (UTC)A quick 'they were *our* kind?' is all we hear of him on the subject, if I recall correctly.
Yup. It feels like Chamber of Secrets he's just roped into being the prejudiced boy, actually, where last year he was the snob. This is why it's frustrating to talk about Mudbloods in general. Often when people point out that it seemed more like Draco was about class you get scolded for not paying enough attention to the Important Theme of racism.
And I definitely agree half the wizarding world seems to be crazy. In fact, as I said to Maya, were this character marked to be driven insane it would be a sad day for me, because he's usually the character who seems the most reasonable. You need somebody in Hagrid's class who might say, "Excuse me, should we really be poking that fire breathing dragon with a stick? I know you said he liked it as long as I smile pleasantly, but I have my doubts..."