I agree with you on this, but I don't know if it's for the same reasons.
I think we're actually pretty much on the same page about the reasons. :)
I mean some strength of character, some proof of loyalty towards those he considers his friends. I don't care if he knocks down Hermione because she insulted Goyle. Well, yes I would care, but at the same time, it would prove to me that there is something good in Draco, in his own way.
What about the time he attacked Harry (one of the few (the only?) times Draco is the one to turn to physical violence, btw) because Harry insulted Narcissa?
He's a coward and hides behind his father's name and behind Crabbe and Goyle. And all that put together makes him totally unfit to be a DE.
Exactly, exactly. Because I don't think one can be a Death eater without actually killing oneself, it doesn't seem to be the kind of ... "group", for lack of a better word, who are content to sit around and let their minions do the work. I mean, look at the confrontation between the DEs and Harry&co at the Ministry in OP! The DE's motto (and indeed Voldie's motto) does seem to be "If you want something done right, you've to do it yourself," and I cannot see Draco do that.
I mean, keep in mind that this is the kid who ran away screaming at the sight of the dead unicord in PS (and as an aside, if he were as evil-to-the-core as so many people think, wouldn't the sight of slain innocence have pleased him? He's a coward, sure, but there's nothing necessarily wrong with that. But I'll step off my Gryffindor issues. <g>)
And while canon!Draco is far from the witty, sarcastic boy fanon!Draco is (although I concur with silviakundera that fanon!Draco is who caon!Draco thinks/wishes he is), his preferred weapons are insults and jibes, lame as they are. He never even sends Crabbe and Goyle after Harry&co to beat them up, and with one exception (see above) it's always Harry or Ron who take the fight to a physical level. (Must resist sarcastic comments about Gryffindors.)
The DEs, on the other hand, seem to be a rather physical bunch, they enjoy physically torturing their victims (through magic, sure, but the pain is still physical, and direct, and I don't think they'd be able to accept as one of their own a person who can't/won't/hasn't do(ne) that.
So yes, I think we're seeing eye-to-eye on this, actually, and now that I've pointed at some of my favourite/"most significant" Draco moments, I'll shut up for the time being. Ahem.
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I think we're actually pretty much on the same page about the reasons. :)
I mean some strength of character, some proof of loyalty towards those he considers his friends. I don't care if he knocks down Hermione because she insulted Goyle. Well, yes I would care, but at the same time, it would prove to me that there is something good in Draco, in his own way.
What about the time he attacked Harry (one of the few (the only?) times Draco is the one to turn to physical violence, btw) because Harry insulted Narcissa?
He's a coward and hides behind his father's name and behind Crabbe and Goyle. And all that put together makes him totally unfit to be a DE.
Exactly, exactly. Because I don't think one can be a Death eater without actually killing oneself, it doesn't seem to be the kind of ... "group", for lack of a better word, who are content to sit around and let their minions do the work. I mean, look at the confrontation between the DEs and Harry&co at the Ministry in OP! The DE's motto (and indeed Voldie's motto) does seem to be "If you want something done right, you've to do it yourself," and I cannot see Draco do that.
I mean, keep in mind that this is the kid who ran away screaming at the sight of the dead unicord in PS (and as an aside, if he were as evil-to-the-core as so many people think, wouldn't the sight of slain innocence have pleased him? He's a coward, sure, but there's nothing necessarily wrong with that. But I'll step off my Gryffindor issues. <g>)
And while canon!Draco is far from the witty, sarcastic boy fanon!Draco is (although I concur with
The DEs, on the other hand, seem to be a rather physical bunch, they enjoy physically torturing their victims (through magic, sure, but the pain is still physical, and direct, and I don't think they'd be able to accept as one of their own a person who can't/won't/hasn't do(ne) that.
So yes, I think we're seeing eye-to-eye on this, actually, and now that I've pointed at some of my favourite/"most significant" Draco moments, I'll shut up for the time being. Ahem.