Absolutely! I have been thinking along the same lines recently. People who have not an intellectual outlook on life still manage to walk paths and make choices, don't they? So, yeah, I am agreeing with you. :D I wasn't denying that Draco can take his life somewhere else than the obvious - which is not his doing - yeah, that's the thing: I think Draco can do a lot of things; I am less sure about him thinking.

This may be caused by the fact that I'm having a huge crisis in my own writing since I've realised how little events define my storylines as opposed to how much introspection goes on. So at one point I was rereading the huge-ass school story I am writing and I guess an epiphany came to me: if one of your characters thinks a lot, then you're characterising him this way, because rationalism isn't a trait of human people in general, but a personality trait. Most other people has things happening to them and reacts to those in various degree of self-awareness. Eh, I guess I am thinking aloud/wanking about my personal issues now, so I'm stopping.