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[nicevenn]

Naturally, most Draco fans have theories about what will happen to our favorite snarky blond. I want to know yours. Take this poll, and feel free to elaborate in comments :)

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[nicevenn.livejournal.com]

I agree with you. Book 6 totally changed my ideas about Draco. If Draco does not turn to the good side, it would be pointless to have him crying in the bathroom w/Myrtle, and thten lower his wand in the tower scene. JK even said that Draco wouldn't have killed Dumbledore.

But I also found this quote, which worries me slightly:

MA: What does it do to you to see a character that you love, for people to express sheer hate -

ES: Or vice versa.

JKR: It amuses me. It honestly amuses me. People have been waxing lyrical [in letters] about Draco Malfoy, and I think that's the only time when it stopped amusing me and started almost worrying me. I'm trying to clearly distinguish between Tom Felton, who is a good looking young boy, and Draco, who, whatever he looks like, is not a nice man. It’s a romantic, but unhealthy, and unfortunately all too common delusion of — delusion, there you go — of girls, and you [nods to Melissa] will know this, that they are going to change someone. And that persists through many women's lives, till their death bed, and it is uncomfortable and unhealthy and it actually worried me a little bit, to see young girls swearing undying devotion to this really imperfect character, because there must be an element in there, that "I'd be the one who [changes him]." I mean, I understand the psychology of it, but it is pretty unhealthy. So, a couple of times I have written back, possibly quite sharply, saying [Laughter], "You want to rethink your priorities here."

As for Draco dying, I just have a bad feeling. Maybe its just anxiety because I'd hate to see him die. I guess it makes more sense that either he dies on the bad side, or live after turning to the good side...

[piratesmile331.livejournal.com]

I absolutely don't think that Draco will die on the bad side. I think that there is a possibility that he will be a "sacrificial lamb" after turning to the good side. I'm hoping that won't happen. I think it would be a better lesson to show that someone can make mistakes (even grave ones) and still be forgiven. Despite what Jo said in that interview, she did go to pains to make Draco sympathetic in book 6. Also, clearly, he loves his family and wants to protect them. And he has been brought up under their evil influence (esp that of his father). Which helps to explain (not excuse) his bigoted attitudes and arrogance. I think he has been brought down many pegs by Dumbledore's kindness to him, and it has to have changed him.
Guess we'll have to wait until next summer to find out!