There are some post OotP points regarding Draco's nervousness...the dropping of the glass (you mean that was there for a reason other than OMG OTP!!11? ;), the fear about going into the forest (understandable considering he, you know, saw Teh Dark Lord!!!1 there, but of course, Harry's not afraid, and we the audience should laugh at fears not held by him), the hysteria at physical pain/injury (OMGX2 - the Quidditch scene had more meaning than OTP!!11?) Also, I can't remember if this part from GoF was mentioned by Elkins -
"Over on the Slytherin table, Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle were laughing at him, tapping their heads with their fingers, pulling grotesquely mad faces and waggling their tongues like snakes."
I think an interesting angle to the issue is that Draco has been known to unwittingly predict things. The whole bit in CoS about hoping the next person petrified is Hermione - she might not have died, but she was the next Muggleborn petrified (unless it was Penelope. In which case, I suck ;) There's the part in OotP about: "'Well, just watch yourself, Potter, because I'll be dogging your footsteps in case you step out of line.' Harry, who knew at once that she, like him, had registered what Malfoy had said and been just as unnerved by it. What if Mr Malfoy had noticed the black dog and told Draco? What if he had deduced that the Weasleys, Lupin, Tonks and Moody knew where Sirius was hiding? Or had Malfoy's use of the word 'dogging' been a coincidence?" I don't recall if we ever find out whether the Malfoys know of Sirius' form. If not, that's a weird coincidence. Like Ron's or Harry's predictions which often end up coming true. (Again, I have no memory as to the actual events. But then if it isn't a coincidence, it's a pretty obvious hint, which plays into Draco The Spy, so it works either way ;)
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Date: 2004-08-03 12:21 pm (UTC)"Over on the Slytherin table, Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle were laughing at him, tapping their heads with their fingers, pulling grotesquely mad faces and waggling their tongues like snakes."
I think an interesting angle to the issue is that Draco has been known to unwittingly predict things. The whole bit in CoS about hoping the next person petrified is Hermione - she might not have died, but she was the next Muggleborn petrified (unless it was Penelope. In which case, I suck ;)
There's the part in OotP about:
"'Well, just watch yourself, Potter, because I'll be dogging your footsteps in case you step out of line.'
Harry, who knew at once that she, like him, had registered what Malfoy had said and been just as unnerved by it.
What if Mr Malfoy had noticed the black dog and told Draco? What if he had deduced that the Weasleys, Lupin, Tonks and Moody knew where Sirius was hiding? Or had Malfoy's use of the word 'dogging' been a coincidence?"
I don't recall if we ever find out whether the Malfoys know of Sirius' form. If not, that's a weird coincidence. Like Ron's or Harry's predictions which often end up coming true. (Again, I have no memory as to the actual events. But then if it isn't a coincidence, it's a pretty obvious hint, which plays into Draco The Spy, so it works either way ;)