By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. He is one character that many fans wanted to see more of a redemption arc. Like what you're reading? They are everything that is Slytherin. Or so everybody thought. The seven year long enemy of Harry Potter. Drastic. Draco Malfoy has been a fan-favorite character for years. Narcissa and Draco walk out hand in hand, then Lucius comes some way behind them, glancing over his shoulder and moving like a hunted animal. So as from the beginning of the series Draco is portrayed as a very evil person. It emphasized how the bond of trust between Lucius and Draco was broken, in a way, and Draco blames his father for getting him into this mess. Relevance. I think he's good overall, but not really Harry's friend after it all. Why do we feel a need to sort people into good and bad? " He never had it, though. He caught Harry coming out of their practice room one night and tattled on him. Here are a few reasons that he was way more messed up and misunderstood by everyone including the muggles who read the books. Draco Malfoy is the popular bad boy of Hogwarts. Bad Ron Weasley; Good Dudley Dursley; Good Draco Malfoy; Summary. It's just for discussion about which one side he is more of. Follow Storypick on, 13 Reasons Why Draco Malfoy Is One Of The Most Misunderstood Characters In Harry Potter, From The Riverfront To Navratri Nights, People Discuss The Best Things About Gujarat, Got Mithai Ka Keeda? When we first met Draco Malfoy, he was arrogant, prejudiced and positively mean to Hermione and other students. Malfoy is not much different than his parents. it would be magnificently confusing. His name is rather telling Draco’s first name comes from the Latin for dragon, and is also the name of a constellation in the northern sky. Were he at Hogwarts around the time Lucius was, he would have been a Death Eater just the same as Lucius. Then again at Malfoy Manor when he refuses to name Harry, Ron and Hermione. That would be bad enough, but Draco took it one step further by being the person who ratted out Dumbledore's Army to Umbridge. That sees in black and white thing really is interesting. Malfoy is of French extraction, mal foi, and means ‘bad faith’, or ‘unfaithful’, and Draco did manage to live up to this … Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Stepping away from good or bad, IMO Draco was trying to be something he was not because of the pressure of being a Malfoy. fanfiction, hogwarts, slytherin. Originally published on Pottermore. Por qué esto no los salvaría. This is exactly what happened to Malfoy. Published on Jun 26th 2016. One side is Harry/Dumbledore's side, but Draco can't switch to that side without losing massive amounts of face, putting his family at risk, and dishonoring his parents. Why Draco Malfoy wasn’t a typical villain. But there is more to the kid than we saw in the movies or read in the books. It's no secret Draco is a controversial character among the Harry Potter fandom. So know that we go the HOT part cleared out.. lets focus on the good and the bad. Nope that was crushed by Harry Potter the Boy who lived. So, we all know and love (or love to hate) Draco Malfoy, the dark, troubled rival to our hero. His … The anti of the boy who lived. Be sorted, earn house points, take classes with our fine Hogwarts staff, debate which actor portrayed Dumbledore the best, and finally get some closure for your Post-Potter Depression. And around fifth year, I think he starts to realize that everyone doesn't agree with his worldview and that maybe, just maybe, it's a little bit wrong. In which two unlikely souls find comfort in each other. His family chose their side before he was born, and he's already placed himself in opposition to Harry and co. He started questioning the long held belief of what he had been told about the future of the wizarding world. I know it's been discussed but I really want to hear your guys opinions. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the harrypotter community. He killed Dumbledore because he wanted to prove to himself and his fellow Death Eaters that he was capable. Blood prejudice gives them an edge over others, puts them in a "superior" class, as no matter what anyone says, throughout the books there is definitely favoritism in the wizarding world for those who are pureblood witches and wizards. He never had to think for himself and when he did, he didn’t know what to do with it. Arabella's POV: It's been getting colder now so I don't look so odd always wearing long sleeves and jackets. In all Malfoy is just a very confused and lonely human, from a young age he has had properganda thrown at him from all angles up until Hogwarts where everything there was quashed. All Emotions in One Day. Draco comes and goes. He didn’t have a childhood like everyone else was supposedly having. Really, it's neither. 22. Is Draco Malfoy good or bad in the Deathly Hallows? It's not a need to sort people, it's just a discussion to see what people think of him overall. Press J to jump to the feed. He can't understand how a half-blood with a filthly muggle-born mother would be more popular then him the purest of pure bloods a Malfoy. Read The Mystery of Mr & Mrs Vince from the story The Good and The Bad | Draco Malfoy by lxuvgood (—) with 14 reads. Malfoy does have all the hallmarks of a traditional anti-hero, which entices people to consider the motivations behind his bad behaviors. Okay, let's talk about Draco Malfoy for a second (I'm sure he'd love that). I got some hints that it actually seemed like he was kind of good in the movie and book. 21. Summary: [ Voldermort is dead AU] - [ Set in year five ] Sophia Moontide, a Slytherin who sees only the bad in people, but chooses to help them anyway. 0. Había cosas que un mago no podía hacer, eso lo sabía, había cosas que un squib nunca lograría y eso su familia se encargó al igual que la mayoría de recalcarle, sin embargo el demostraria que no importaba si la magia estaba de tu lado. However, he definitely wasn't good as he never did anything to help the right cause. mrs Malfoy's backup, mrѕ mαlfσу. He's not good, but he's not exactly bad either. Draco Malfoy is Bad at Feelings; Draco Malfoy is a Good Boyfriend; How do I even tag? AprilFoolsBaby. He is conflicted he thinks what he thinks because it was drilled into him but you can see during the series his mind set changing. Draco Malfoy Lyrics: Draco Malfoy / You've been a very bad boy / A Deat Eater at sixteen / And now you make the girls scream / Draco Malfoy / You know you make me hot, boy / I want you to deflower me When he's younger, he does things because he truly honestly thinks he's in the right. At home is was probably told stories off horrible muggles killing his ancestors so why wouldn't he hated muggles, muggle-borns and half-bloods they killed is ancestors and put shame onto the family name in the past. Draco Malfoy. Draco Lucius Malfoy is a character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Someday's he would talk to me normally, but on his bad days he would completely ignore me at sneer at me as if I was Crabbe or Goyle. Perhaps they are more closely connected than we thought. He'll be a nicer version of his father, and perhaps a less aggressive attitude towards Harry that his father had with Arthur weasley. i do not think that our beloved jk rowling would do that to us. One scene in the eighth movie that wasn't in the book that I found particularly interesting was when the Malfoy family leaves Hogwarts. Okay just to make it clear to all girls.. DRACO MALFOY doesn’t exist so just forget the thought about marry him and having a million kids and living happily ever after. Although he's largely unpleasant in the books, he won over a lion's share of the fanbase anyway. But it wasn’t all bad. Read Ginny's Plan from the story The Good and The Bad | Draco Malfoy by lxuvgood (—) with 8 reads. He didn’t want to let them in his school. Evil being a word far too strong, and inadequate to describe his (and his parents') intentions. In the movie, it's worse. T T Info. Draco is no more top dog infact he has now become the bottom of the ladder because his thoughts and mannerisms are so contracting and opposite of that off Harry Potter. Crabbe and Goyle were shit scared of him basically because of Draco’s father’s position in the Death Eater society. I think, personally, he is just pressured to be bad, and to have a powerful reputation, but really, when it comes down to it, he really doesn't want to be involved … 1 decade ago. He felt very uncomfortable doing the things his father told him to do and the way his father behaved around his Death Eater friends. Narcissa Malfoy is an interesting character. The anti of the boy who lived. Who is Draco Malfoy and is he good or bad? Then he is thrown into Hogwarts thinking yeah I'm a Malfoy, everyone is going to love me at school I'm a pure blood and there will be no-one more famous then me in my year will there? Draco Malfoy & Scorpius Malfoy (12) Astoria Greengrass/Draco Malfoy (8) Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley (6) Scorpius Malfoy & Albus Severus Potter (5) Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley (4) Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy (3) Scorpius Malfoy/Rose Weasley (2) Minor or Background Relationship(s) (2) Include Additional Tags Draco Malfoy is a Good Parent (60) Cookies help us deliver our Services. What I love about these books is that the people aren't just good or bad. Moreover, I think he fought alongside Voldemort because of the Malfoy name and his father's expectations. Bad news for all the Draco Malfoy fans out there in the world — it seems that J.K. Rowling is not among you. Radmus Lestrange lo sabía y lo lograría. Just how good of a wizard is Draco Malfoy? He had to free his father and it was the only way to do it. Harry is the one who chose not to be friends with Draco. Favourite answer. He didn’t want to do anything with that business. He was brought up by a horrible mother and father and always saw himself as Top dog because he has some of the most purest blood within the wizarding world. Professor Lupin entered laughing because he kind of heard our talks about weird things and we were quite embarrassed. To be friends with Harry when he 's already placed himself in opposition Harry! 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