Draco Malfoy: Understanding him

Originally posted by: VirgoVixen

When I was younger, I despised him...I never thought of him as more than a spoilt brat who blindly acts at the command of his father's wishes, a bully and an unpleasant character. I simply couldn't stand him. But now that I've read the books again, and especially after the sixth book...I'm getting more and more curious about him and trying harder to understand him......I find myself intrigued by his character.

I am neutral towards this character. I neither like him nor do I dislike him. In fact, most of the times I remain indifferent towards him. Pre-HBP, I found him so one-dimensional and one-note (almost like Pansy Parkinson) that it was difficult for me to understand, sympathies, empathize or like or dislike him. I warmed up a bit post-HBP, but still nothing in him left an everlasting impression in me like so many other HP characters did. Now Narcissa Malfoy - that is a character I find intriguing. We are shown so less of her that it makes me curious.

Are you a Draco fan? Do you think Draco redeemed himself in the end? Did anyone wish for a friendly buddy-buddy moment between Draco and Harry (if not someone too buddy-buddy, then maybe a sweet moment like between Dudley and Harry..which reminds me..wish we had seen more of him) Do you feel Draco is the way he is because of his upbringing? I've never really understood him and his motivations actually....he just confuses me a lot.

A lot of it surely has to do with his uprbringing. What else can we expect from a boy who was raised by Lucias Malfoy? But he was not only narrow minded but also a bully. Now that's the part that I find difficult to accept. Most bullies don't really require a solid reason to act as the way they do. Though several studies - psychological, sociological, anthropological - had been put forward to explain their behaviors, I find it really difficult to sympathize or even empathize with them. This is one reason why the characters of James, Sirius and Snape never gelled well with me; all of them had, in some way, shape or form, shattered and destroyed people's confidence. Based on that, I don't think I even like Lupin that much; sure he didn't join with his friends in bullying others, but he didn't stop his friends either, and that too being a prefect. Anyhow, I seem to have gone off topic like I always do. 😆

So wanted to know what most people here think of Draco Malfoy...I just randomly felt like discussing him. Plus, i know someone like him in real life. Ditto. 😆

If I am not wrong, J.K.Rowling wanted to dedicate a chapter on a conversation between Draco and another boy from Slytherine. That chapter was supposed to be from his perspective. It later got edited or she chopped it out by her own will. I really, really wished she did. Actually writing a book from only one character's point of view is a really difficult job to do, and I am more than certain that J.K.Rowling did a fine job in the writing department because despite of the books being from Harry's point of view, she managed to give lives to so many characters.

Originally posted by: VirgoVixen

Did anyone wish for a friendly buddy-buddy moment between Draco and Harry

Originally posted by: VirgoVixen

When I was younger, I despised him...I never thought of him as more than a spoilt brat who blindly acts at the command of his father's wishes, a bully and an unpleasant character. I simply couldn't stand him. But now that I've read the books again, and especially after the sixth book...I'm getting more and more curious about him and trying harder to understand him......I find myself intrigued by his character.

When I was younger, only a few of the books were released, and then Draco was such a young character. I knew more about him might be said later on, so I didn't really dislike or like him.

Are you a Draco fan? Do you think Draco redeemed himself in the end? Did anyone wish for a friendly buddy-buddy moment between Draco and Harry (if not someone too buddy-buddy, then maybe a sweet moment like between Dudley and Harry..which reminds me..wish we had seen more of him) Do you feel Draco is the way he is because of his upbringing? I've never really understood him and his motivations actually....he just confuses me a lot.

I'm not exactly a fan, but I don't hate him. I like him as a character, because he was interesting. I don't really remember what happened with him at the end, except for the epilogue. I do wish they talked more in the epilogue than just the nod. And yes, because he was always surrounded by his father, and he's never really seen good in his life. He was raised like that, and also raised with a lot of pressure. I think that inside, he was going through a lot and he bullied people because he needed somebody to take it out on. Not only that, but he was never really raised to be nice.

So wanted to know what most people here think of Draco Malfoy...I just randomly felt like discussing him. Plus, i know someone like him in real life. Ditto. 😆 Me too 😆 Nice question btw. I'm not sure if I answered it right, but whatever😆

Originally posted by: VirgoVixen

When I was younger, I despised him...I never thought of him as more than a spoilt brat who blindly acts at the command of his father's wishes, a bully and an unpleasant character. I simply couldn't stand him. But now that I've read the books again, and especially after the sixth book...I'm getting more and more curious about him and trying harder to understand him......I find myself intrigued by his character.

Considering everything, I did somewhat like his character... I disliked him when he was being much too arrogant and especially when he bullied people but otherwise I liked him... I felt desperately sorry for him in HBP though... I think that book was the one in which I felt that Draco was someone to keep an eye on because that was the book in which we got to explore his character a little more.

Are you a Draco fan? Do you think Draco redeemed himself in the end? Did anyone wish for a friendly buddy-buddy moment between Draco and Harry (if not someone too buddy-buddy, then maybe a sweet moment like between Dudley and Harry..which reminds me..wish we had seen more of him) Do you feel Draco is the way he is because of his upbringing? I've never really understood him and his motivations actually....he just confuses me a lot.

Draco's upbringing is the main reason why he is the way he is... I mean, all he's ever seen in his entire life is how his father treats other people. It's natural that he would do the same, especially if no one took the trouble to explain the difference between what's right and what's wrong. As for the part about how he bullies people, I think he did that because he sought attention... even though he was an only child, he never got much attention from his father and by bullying other people I think he was trying to prove to his father that he could be arrogant and snooty and think himself above people just like his father.

So wanted to know what most people here think of Draco Malfoy...I just randomly felt like discussing him. Plus, i know someone like him in real life. Ditto. 😆