When I first signed onto MySpace a friend of mine told me he has Beyonce Knowles, Mariah Carey, Sean Paul, Gwen Stefani, Fergi, and a whole bunch of other people on their friend list. So I thought, hmmm...why not Tom Felton???

When I went searching him I found like 10 pages of him. Holy cow! How the heck am I supposed to figure out which one is him? There was one where he was gay, where he was dating Emma Watson, where he was best friends with Dan and Rupert, where he lived with a model 20 years older than him (hello! I'm only 9!) and all other sorts of people.

There were tons of girls on each page each gushing more and more about how awesome he is, or how they just looove him...or...well, some things odd enough to make a grown woman blush.

Darcy, I'm not so much as suspicious but I'm just not trusting. Tom Felton could call me today and I would argue with him until I was blue in the face that it really wasn't him. Then I would feel incredibly stupid for him being who he was.

~McKenzie~

Yeah, I've seen some of those 'odd' things--the flaunting of one's 'parts' for one...how pathetic, really. How desperate would one have to be, and why would any famous guy have anything to do with girls like that?

I guess I was just so surprised to see this going on, and I find it so disturbing. It is, I'd say, a definite downturn of the fame game. A lot of people envy the HP actors, but this is one thing not to envy them for. Also, from what I gathered from Tom's blog, he is very sensitive to people getting in his 'space.' That incident in the German airport (when he was hounded for an hour by paparazzi who would not back off, following him everywhere he tried to go) upset him so much, made him feel so violated, that he didn't want anything to do with being famous for awhile. He even told his fans in his blog that he couldn't even face writing about his doings for awhile. I have a feeling he felt much as I did when I was stalked--he just wanted to hide away for awhile and be alone.

To discover people on MySpace pretending to be him, saying things that weren't true, well...how does one even fight such a thing? It can't help but be infuriating. It makes me angry and I'm not even him!

I REALLY don't want Draco to die. But if he did I would also cry for days he could do great things if he got the chance.

And also some part of me wants it to end that way because I want to see how well Tom would umm... whats the word you know how well he would act that out. Not how I wanted it to come out but oh well.

I'm just drawn to Draco It's like something is pulling me toward him... I know that sounds really weird but I just can't figure another way to explain it. I wish I could just give into it but If he did end up dying I would go into an even longer Depression!! It just wouldn't be very regal (is that the right word?) It would make a Heart crushing ending if Draco died!!!!

Ummm well does anyone else think Daddy really loves Draco????? hmmmmmm...?

Hmm, indeed. I think Daddy loves having a son. I don't think Daddy particularly cares about loving him. Lucius is a very me-centered person. I'm sure the fortune of having a son to carry on the Malfoy name is very appealling to him, and I'm sure having a son gets him into some places of power where he might not be without. . .but as far as the warm fuzzies. . .it's not all that apparent.

Darcy, I really wish that Myspace would have some sort of identity solution. There are thousands of famous people's biographies in there where fans have posed as them, and it doesn't seem to me that anyone cares! I like the ones that say "hey, I'm not such and such, but I'm devoted to his/her work, so I've created this space to highlight them!" Those, to me, are fine. The "Hey, I'm Tom! Draco Malfoy. You know, that Harry Potter guys!" When it turns out to be some 50 year old inmate given fifteen minutes on a computer . . .(hopefully that wasn't offensive . . .), that gets me irritated. Maybe they think they're clever?

No, the warm fuzzies and the malfoys just dont go. Why? because i dont know. but i am just fine with the Draco we have now.
If those people think their cleaver, think again! I may be a blond, but i aint stupid,

Janet, I wish there was a way that famous people could have special accounts on MySpace, some way they could be registered so that no one else could use their name or likeness, pretending to be them. But I suppose that would be pretty impractical, as there are all kinds of sites like that, such as Facebook...they would have to sign in with all of them. It seems terrible to me that they, and their fans, be used this way to fulfill someone's fantasies or to just get off on tricking people.

Slytherin_girl, were you referring to the fakers on MySpace?

Unredeemed, I feel that pull as well. Maybe it is because, to me at least, I feel no one is born cold. Unless you have a mental impairment that makes you a sociopath, you need attention and love. The Malfoys have it sort of skewed. I wonder sometimes if Draco even realises how skewed their worldview really is. Surrounded by similar pureblood families, does he even know that they are highly dysfunctional?

Part of my attraction to Draco and his family lies in my own past, too. In my family, growing up, we weren't allowed to feel. Everything had to be muted. We didn't have problems, we didn't have money troubles. My dad wasn't an alcoholic, my mother wasn't cold and emotionless, etc. It was all glossed over and my mother, I think, wanted us to be as cold and automatic as she was. She didn't know how to deal with our feelings, other than browbeating us into submission if we got 'out of hand,' i.e., too passionate or hot-tempered. In my neighborhood, I was a holy terror. I was the oldest, the gang leader, and people did things my way. At school, it was different, but at school, I was dealing with my peers. I was always terrified of looking stupid, so I was really distant and defensive.

Tell you what, neither coping method cut it in the real world, and I had to learn how to be a social being from scratch at the age of eighteen. Draco will be the same way. And man, is it ever hard! So I feel for him, I am drawn to him because I know what a chore he has ahead, of him--that is, if he survives long enough to begin.

Arg! I made a pledge to visit this thread religiously, and failed - dismally.

Those fake sites really annoy me. I remember spendeing weeks trying to find a decent -real - fansite for several people, and kept coming across sites which made rediculous claims. In the end i just gave up.
I uderstand that people shouldn't have to deal with that sort of thing, but it has happende in some form since way back. When people begin to star in films and what have you, it has to be expected. Its not fair, but i guess you must just get used to it after a while...


"Ummm well does anyone else think Daddy really loves Draco?"
i agree that he really loves having a son, but it is not the person he loves, just the idea. It is somebody that he can mold in his own image - carry on his 'legacy' after he dies. Somebody that he has control of, from the day the poor child is born he would be shaped by lucius.
If Lucius took a minute to step back and actually have a look at what he is doing, he would probably see (thhough probably not accept) that he was effectively ruining what could be a very succesfull life.
Oh well.
I guess the thing that makes draco sa appealing is his past. He believes himself to be mature, and knowledgeable of the 'real world', and in some ways he is, but in others, he is ignorant of most things, he has lived a sheltered life, a biased life. he has been exposed to death eater activity, pain and seclusion, but not to all of the other things. How is he meant to be happy if he isn't balanced. He has been overexposed to one side of life and underexposed to the other. This should never happen, to anybody. Once people have had experiences they can make their own descisions, once they have made mistakes they can benefit from them.

Ignorance in the face of trouble is disaterous.
This is waht Draco will be if he doesn't break away from lucius and have his own experiances.

phew, i rambled...
Clara}~

Hmm...we've been on the topic of Draco being loved by his family for a while now....I would like to ask you all this question:

Why was Draco put in Slytherin?

Personally I believe Draco to be good but if this is true then WHY was he instantly put in Slytherin? Hmm.......

Clara, I do think that at this point, the only way I'd believe any MySpace of a famous person was really theirs would be if they stated it on their official websites and gave a link. Otherwise, I'm afraid they'll all be suspect. I don't blame you a bit for getting frustrated!

I liked your points about Lucius 'molding' Draco into the perfect Malfoy. One must then wonder if Lucius was brought up the same way. Parents seem to either emulate their own upbringings and repeat it, or make a total departure from it. I think, had Sirius been a father, he would have been quite different from his own parents as regards the rearing of his own children. For Lucius, though, I feel he probably just repeated his.

romilda_girl--You asked for opinions on why we think Draco was put into Slytherin, since he's probably not all bad.

That's a common misperception about Slytherin, I think. That it breeds bad wizards. It started with Ron saying "There's not a witch or wizard went bad that wasn't in Slytherin." Of course, we now know that just isn't true. While we don't know for sure which House Peter Pettigrew was put into, we can assume it was probably Gryffindor, and it certainly wouldn't be Slytherin! I just cannot see the Marauders befriending and trusting a Slytherin. And yet he has turned out very bad indeed!

Slytherin is for those (in my opinion) who can be cunning and sly. They are ambitious. They put family ahead of friends. They admire those in leadership positions, but not always. Lucius uses those in power to slyly achieve his own ends, while pretending to respect them. A Slytherin's first perceived obligation is to themselves, and then to family. Friends can be valued, but are certainly expendable. Slytherins put their own desires aside, however, if it means it can enhance their family--though it may only be temporary. Slyths are self-protective. They aren't above some manipulation to get what they want.

These traits can be seen as bad, and yet, we all indulge in them from time to time. Maybe the difference is that Slytherins don't agonise over it. They do what they feel they must do and they don't waste a lot of time on regrets.

In Draco's case, he works hard to get what he wants. But in many ways he not the perfect Slytherin. He isn't quite sly enough. He isn't very careful. He boasts. He brags. He goes out of his way to mess with people, all the while making sure that people know it is him! That's not sly--it's blatant. It is his inability to play things close to the cuff that found him in the girl's bathroom, crying to a ghost, and letting Harry hear.

Maybe the real reason Draco made Slytherin is because he wanted it so very much--as Harry was placed in Gryffindor because he really didn't want Slytherin.

Yes, some slytherins are cunning and sly. take me for example! but i am still sweet enough to get on the dance team!! a girl just broke her leg so they had tryouts. but, back to Tom.I agree, i dont think any of them are real, but i checked a few on my own and one was realllllly convincing. Yeah, just imagin if he was a good guy in the movies. I. Would.Die. Literally. I know, I have a good side, but i tend to go for the more evil and malicious guys. And i do think his dad tryed to mold him into a perfect Malfoy. And it worked. And, i have somthing to say. Hey! I would die for My friends! but yes, not all slytherins are pure evil. but majority are. Draco probably wouldnt be so evil if his dad wouldnt have tryed to make him evil.

Here, here!

Also:

I like this idea. Draco wants recognition. Draco would (probably) really want recognition from his father. Had Draco been placed in any other house; it would have been seen as weakness by Lucius. So, there was really only one place for Draco; and that's Slytherin.

Also, I read (and if you follow the Slytherin house thread, this'll be a tiny repeat) an editorial on how the sorting hats sorts based on ideology. I think this would work for Draco as much as it works for Crabbe and Goyle. They've grown up in families where recognition and power are seen as the greatest of achievements. They've grown up hearing how much better they are because they're pure blood. I think that this is another good case for why Draco was placed into Slytherin. (Plus, I don't really think he really exemplifies major qualities for the other houses. . .don't shoot me.)

On another note; I've found an HP artist who I just love, and I'm going to link you to a couple of her pictures. You've probably seen some of her stuff on the Lexicon, if you go there. She's really utterly amazing; and I cannot say enough positive about her work! Her main focus is on Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy (she has a keen interest in the Death Eaters, particularly Lucius . . .), but she has done a couple of Draco pieces.

Picture One: The Boy.

I thought this was pretty funny. . .heh. Makani giving Draco some respect.

And I had to laugh here, too. "Overprotective much, Narcissa?"

Enjoy.

Atheneon, what you said about the upbringing was really interesting. It makes a lot of sense. If a parent wants their child to be like them, and from the moment they are born shows them how they want them to behave, the child tends to grow up like that. Some rebel, or go in their own direction, these are usually the ones that have been forced, but not so much that they dont recognise it- like Sirius. Does that make sense? Draco doesn't know what it would be like to be different from his father, but sirius knows what it would be like to be 'evil' and what it is like to be 'good'. it goes beck to the balance thing that i said earlier.

Slytherin_girl, i dont think the majority of slytherins are pure evil at all. in fact, it is the minority that are 'pure' evil, if there can be varying degrees of evil (which by th eway i think there can be).
It just happens that the ones that do turn out evil, turn out really evil, and people recognise it. And really, evil is all perspective and opinion. I, for example, have some very particular beliefs, which other, more sensitive people would consider them evil. I'm sure none of the death eaters considered themselves evil, no 'evil' person does. They just believe they are doing the right thing.

Anyway i'm going a bit off the subject of dearest draco here...
what was i actually going to say? oh yeah. If Lucius hadn't tried to mould him so much, he probably would have encountered other ideas and people that would of changed some of his views. Maybe then he would have done a Sirius, and run away, or something less extreme but of equal effect.
basically i agree, he wouldn't have been so evil.
(or as evil as some people consider him to be, i dont think he is evil at all, he just needs a big hug...)

Anyway....

the ideaology really does make sense. What the person would want would be affected by their personality, and they could believe that they were making the descision, when really it is just another way for the hat to gauge where they should be sorted.
Draco wanted to be in slytherin, to impress his family, gain respect and most probably becuase the ideas behind the house appealed to him. This is why the hat sorted him so quickly. Harry didn't want to be a slytherin because of something that somebody had told him, though he still had a lot of the traits that would fit in with that house. That is why the hat took soo long to sort him.

Ah passerby, tjose pictures are great, i dont know why, but they remind me of a ladybird edition of 101 dalmations that i have...

Clara}~

I totaly agree about not all slythies being evil. My friend was sorted into slytherin and she should be in gryfindor. And those pictures were very funny. And if Draco needs a hug ill give him a hug!!! It would be an honor. I envie my friend. she went to Britan in the summer, and came back with a picture of her and Tom. Grrrrr. So i am trying to beat her by adding to my shrine. Just kidding. But the picture thing was true. Back to Draco, yes if his dad hadnt moulded him into the person he was, he would probally be harrys best friend, and we cant have that happening. Thats a very weird vision.

hey thats not fair, i have lived in England for all of my forteen years. I have *never ever ever...* seen any of the cast of hp, let alone had a picture with them...
its just not fair...
Hey you have a shrine?...ok.
I dont think he would have been harrys best friend. Even if he had grown up to be a bit of a nicer person, he is still too confident *on the outside* to be harry's best friend, i mean look at Hermionie and Ron, not exactly the most overconfident people...

A Draco shrine...cool! Methinks Clara needs to head on over to Surrey and Tom Felton hunt. lol Maybe not. He probably doesn't need a stalker. It'd be fun to get a pic though!

You two have brought some interesting points, about whether Draco and Harry could have been best friends. I wonder if that is why they make such a good slash couple in fanfic? Because the only way two such strong personalities could mesh and work together was through shared passion? That way they wouldn't compete, their union would negate that to a degree.

I was kidding about the shrine!!! Gosh, im frusterated. Everyone needs a stalker! Kidding! Yeah, your probally right, but that is still a odd thought. Harry and Draco best friends? *shudders* my brain would go fuzzie. But my friend wont let me take her picture and glue my face to it. Grrrrr.

If I've said it once I've said it a million times, pejudice parents, pejudice kids. Children look up and admire their parents. When they are taught something, the believe it.

I don't think Draco honestly thinks Muggleborn children are equal to him magically. I think he honestly feels superior to them. It's only through time and experience will he come to realize that's not true. I mean, obviously Hermione does better in school than he does (as we heard his father complain about it in CoS) and somehow or another, a half-blood (Harry) has faced and walked away from Voldemort 5 times.

HBP was a huge eye opener for him and I think we can expect bursts of maturity from him in DH.

i totally agree. It is so frustratig when i see parents teaching their children bad morals, and unhealthy ways of living, even if the children like it at the time. When these people grow up, ity will take something MAJOR to persuade them otherwise.

Fortunately for Draco, he got a few major shocks on HBP. Hopefully he will start to look at the world he lives in differently, start to accept different things. If he stays as he has been, there is no way that he will survive.

Hopefully these things will be the jolt that he needs to break away from the really bad influences in his life, and accept, if not embrace, new and different things.



Yes, i am certain that he will play a vital role, and become much more than he had ever known himself capable of. And live to tell the tale, of course.

Clara}~

Hey thanx for the replies I nearly broke my computer when I found out. But thats just me. Well I do think some place really really really deep deep deep down like way down there Lucius at least likes Draco, but yeah I think he more likes the fact of having some one carry on the Malfoy name. It's sad... really...

Okay ladies! We are really slacking on our drooling over Draco! I am quite disappointed in myself to say the least.

I had once thought I could never run out of things to say about him, but alas, I believe I have.

Sooo...I took the liberty of coming up with a few discussion questions and we'll see where we can go from there;

Draco is raised by Lucius and Narcissa as an only child. At any point during his educational career, how would you discribe Draco as an older brother? It can be to a boy or a girl, or both. (I know, redunant!)

As the student are coming of age, they are thinking of the future and settling down, what kind of husband/father do you see Draco as?

It's the end of the war, Draco crossed over to assist Harry in the fall of Voldemort, where is he going and what is he going to do now?

As pureblooded oriented as Darling Draco is, do you see him indulging in muggle recreactions and what kind?

Hopefully that will get a fire lit under some of Draco's most Devoted Debutants and we'll go from there!!

~ McKenzie

Actually (yes, I am Trying to sound Smarticle!) SnakeCharmer74 (is that it? Short term memory loss tonight!) I'm writing a fic about Draco and he has sblings, twins and he Loves them sooo much! But sumthin happens to them... I'm hoping to post it soon. It's not even close to being finished but I can't find the paper that has my chapter name on it. I am not sure whether he would be a great big brother or not... I't just alittle hard seeing him in canon and being a good you know a person you look up to...(Sorry I had no school today so my brain is just useless) romodel yeah that's not how you spell that I can tell. But because I Love Draco soo very much I wish he could be!

Great discussions ideas, McKenzie! Thanks!

Draco as elder brother...well, being a mom to an only child, it's hard for me to judge. Being a little sister to a bullying older sibling though? Yeah, plenty to say! lol

Draco could go one of two ways. He could treat his younger sibling as shoddily as he treats everyone else, or maybe worse than he treats anyone else. He could be jealous that he was 'replaced' by a younger sibling. Also, parents are traditionally harder on a firstborn and he could highly resent any leniency his parents might show with a younger sibling, and be very nasty and devious in his revenge!

On the other hand, and particularly if his younger sibling were female, he could do a complete 180 and be very devoted and doting, a very proud and protective older brother. If he were at all kind in the beginning, he would find a young companion who would admire and respect him, and I feel that since those things are very important to our Draco, he would take care to ensure their continuation. I think he'd love to show off to a younger sibling how popular he is in his own House when the younger one came to school. Since Slytherins tend to put family first, this, I think would be the more likely scenario of the two.

I'll get to the other questions after I see what other people might think of Draco as a sibling.

I guess I'll just go with the sibling question for now...best to have those others for later so we've always got something to do.

I feel like if Draco were to have a sibling, be it a girl or boy, I think it would humble him a lot. He would not have received all the same love and care from his parents as he did as an only child, and therefore he would not have been as spoiled. Still spoiled, but he would have had to learn how to share the attention with his sibling.

If it doesn't go that way, then it would make Draco a more hateful person. If he was selfish enough, he would fight with his sibling for the spotlight so much, it could get really nasty. I think Draco would want that attention and love all for himself, and in that pursuit of what he would want, it could get nasty. If he were to take that route of combat with his sibling, it could get dirty, and the would probably have a fall out as siblings.

I do think that he would possibly be a bit more caring for the sibling if it were a little sister, but I imagine he'd be a little overbearing, and she would want to be separate from him. Probably just as Ron protects his little sister. Or he could end up being like my brother and not really give two hoots about what I do.

Either way, I think it'd be interesting to see how his persona would change if he had a sibling.

ok, hahaha, sorry slytherin_girl, but draco/tom felton is SOOOOOOOO MMMMMMMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEE. sorry hun. bummer for you. [[[just thought we needed to get that cleared up!!]]]

anyways! i am so glad there is a draco/tom fan club!!! WAIT! if draco had a silbling, it had better be a boy!!! one more malfoy to fawn over!!!

xoxoxoxoxo
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bella

[[proud to be a SLYTHERIN! slytherin=<3]]

No, you are totaly wrong!That is allll mine, mine, mine. my signatures better any ways, ive got the anoying insparational tune!And ive got the apple pic,too!
Now, i must say that if Draco had a little sibling i can see it being a boy. looking just like a mini Draco. But still, no one is hotter than Draco/Tom!

I see Draco as being a typical older brother. He would pick on his younger brother, but look out for him as well. Kind of like the whole, "I can pick on you all I want but I dare someone to even think about it."

With a sister I see him being completely indifferent to. She would probably be a nuscence (sp?) to him and he wouldn't want a whole lot to do with her.



Is anyone ready to try for the next question??

~McKenzie

Not really, he dosent really like muggles, dose he? So why would he do muggle activities? If he did, he shouldnt be a telemarketer. those people are anoying.

As pureblooded oriented as Darling Draco is, do you see him indulging in muggle recreactions and what kind?

Not really. He thinks Hermione is filthy enough. He may find them slightly intriguing, but all in all, he would find them impractical or rather stupid. Magic is so much easier, you know? As for what he might indulge in should he actually want to touch something Muggly, I'm not real sure. I don't think I'd give him video games because I see kids more like Ron or Seamus doing that kind of stuff. Maybe Draco would be the type to get a MySpace or Facebook and then see how many friends he can get and post a bunch of pictures to suit his vanity and hide his insecurity. I'm not sure though. There's lots of other things. Maybe he's just want a little tricycle he could ride about.

I'd have to agree. Draco is so far removed from the muggle world, I'm not sure he even knows much of what's available that might be fun. But like Aubrey, I'd say he'd choose something he felt confident he could excel at, something he could use to get recognition. If he did get interested in muggle stuff, I have a creepy feeling ti would be so he could find ways to scare us!

Off-topic a bit (though I guess if it's Draco-related, it isn't), but the new Draco pic for OotP is so strange...it is as if they were trying to copy the first illustration of Draco on the HP Lexicon, here. Effective! Spooky!

You know you could try and get Draco to play football or another type of muggle sport. Or maybe even get him to play some intriguing video games full of violence and a main character that's very pompus and self centered. Or maybe get him to listen to some muggle music.

but you know as soon as he finds out what he's just been indulging himself in is a muggle activity, he's going to have DRAMA. or he's going to end up feeling like he has to punish himself for his actions like a house elf.

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Off-topic a bit (though I guess if it's Draco-related, it isn't), but the new Draco pic for OotP is so strange...it is as if they were trying to copy the first illustration of Draco on the HP Lexicon, here. Effective! Spooky!

Yea I just looked at that, that is a little weird! but in the new picture of Draco, he looks so....sinister! I'm not really sure what i think about it but I'll get it sooner or later.

Draco participating in muggle activities? I wonder...If he were to do that I could see him playing pro-hockey if anything. He looks like a hockey player (so hot he could melt the ice lol) I could also see him going out clubbing till dawn and also joining a fraternity on a big university campus.

That new OOtP pic of Draco is really different..He looks somewaht odd...He looks really sinister and evil like he's almost not human! Don't get me wrong he'sstill hot as they'll all get but the picture is different from any other pix of him from past movies....

Marcey

Marcey! It's so good to see you back online! We were worried about you!

You know, I was thinking...do you think Draco would enjoy race cars? He's very skilled with a broom. I'll bet he'd love the speed. But it wouldn't be long before he'd bewitch a car, like Arthur Weasley did. Or did Arthur only confiscate that car? I can't remember. But I could see Draco trying a fast car and falling in love, then 'pumping' it up so it can speed through the air.

I actually really like that new Draco picture because it is so disturbing! Is that weird? I know Jo has said that Draco's fans are fans mostly because Tom Felton is so good-looking. But that picture is not attractive--to me, anyhow. It's menacing, and creepy. It's closer to what Draco probably would really look like--pale and dangerous. And he really does start becoming dangerous in OotP, doesn't he? Seems to me this is the year in which he stops being a mere nuisance.

omg draco malfoy is such a character! he's amazing! i totally love him, but i'll make it clear to you guys: my favourite one is not DM, is HP (daniel radcliffe), but i think tom felton is sexy too!

i saw the new picture of draco and i was like , because he's so handsome and cute, and on the picture he's not attractive at all! i mean, he has what he's got, but compared to the other 4 movies, he's not that hot haha

I just want to see Draco Malfoy playing beisbal,l hahaha you know, with the bat, the gloves and everything! I think it'll be hilarious! I'm actually proud to joining this club! thankss!!

I tottaly agree, those pics are scarry!!!!And usually he looks so hot! But if Draco got involved in muggle sports, i could see him doing foot ball or making a myspace. or, becoming an actor .He would be perfect!And, then again he would be all yoursmine. I am verry hyper, so sorry if anything i write type dosent make any sense. but he shouldent take up ballet even though i do it myself. that wouldnt be verry cool. just pucture it, draco in a tutu and tights.*shudders*

sorry to burst right in here but...



I agree with what you said about the brother, but i see him being moe protective of a sister, almost like he is with his mother. He is constantly trying to remind people that he is a powerful masculine force, and even if his mother irritates him sometimes and he has to literally sneak away from her (beginning of HBP) he would still defend her. I think he would also be the same with a sister. making sure that people spoke to her properly, attack them if they insulted her... i can see him refusing to let her be taken to a yule ball by a boy, and demand that he took her. so that when he was there he culd check that everybody that even dared to look at his little sister was pureblooded and rich. I guess it is the masculinity thing again...

But, if he had a sibling, he would be totally different from how he is now. If his parents treated the children equally, he would probably be jealous, and would lose one of the main slytherin qualities- family above friends... and if they treated draco as they do, he may become nicer to a sibling, and to everybody...its all very confusing...


yes...i agree with Leylania that he would probably enjoy whatever he was doing until he found out that it was a muggle activity, and then..how did you put it? he would have a DRAMA...

yes...i think he would probably enjoy racing, but only because of the speed and possible danger, i think he would go crazy if he lost a race, and be disappointed in the fact that there would be little chance to hurt himself a bit. If you'll remember, every quiditch match that slyhtherin lost, he would end up 'injured'... and thats why they lost...

i just think that Draco and muggle dont go. some wizards- whether pureblood like ron or mudblood like hermionie, can be seen partaking in muggle activities...Draco...i just dont see it.

But in some cases, muggle and wizard recreations intersect. I can see him drinking, and reading...walking...
maybe the one muggle activity would be watching tv, but that's not a very sociable or benefitial activity...


thats not wierd! i also like that picture. I think it makes him seem...more. more than just a bully, somebody that also has pressures and responsibilities. it doesn't make him evil...it makes him look a bit..damaged...i like it.

Clara}~

The new pix is somewhat disturbing to say the least. It really portrays Draco as looking the way he is described in the books. Don't get me wrong he is still hot as all get but the pix is definatley different. Long live the Hottie !!! No matter what kind of lioght Draco is in he still looks real good to me...I can't wqit to see hios performance in the OOtP movie, my heart beats rapidly with anticipation!

Marcey

hehe marcey...i can't wait either!!

I thought that i got over my little obsession but that pic seems to spur me on... damn you darcey... hehe

I still cant believe that its a whole hundred and fourty something days...i dont know if i can wait that long! The other films just dont have enough draco in them to satisfy me!!!

Ok, im going to stop now before somebody goes and gives me a restraining order...

Clara}~

Clara, I never even thought about that! He does act all injured every time Slytherin loses a match!

So...how Draco-ish do you think you might be if you were given his situation? When I was a kid, I was more like him than I probably should have been. My parents didn't have tons of money, and we weren't racist, but I always lorded it over all the kids in my neighborhood, and they always did whatever I wanted to do. One of those times it was a 7-mile walk to a neighboring town! Man, was my mom angry with me!

I think I still have moments of Draco-ness, but I've also had karma catch up with me enough times that I tend to behave myself. Draco has had karma catch up with him, too, but he never seems particularly phased by retribution. Maybe he almost expects payback for the things he does, since he would certainly give payback if wronged!

If you are Draco-esque, what have you done that you've gotten away with, and were you proud of it?

i had moments of draco-ness... i have to admit i was mean when i was younger.. i was like 7 or 8 and my friends were afraid of me because i used to became a monster when the things didn't work out as i wanted, so... i was the "Bad" on the story..
but i'm trying to make my self right, you know., be nicer and stuff.. but we all have a "Draco" inside of us.. don't we?

I think that's true, Ani. We all have times when we can behave that way.

I think I spoke of this already, but once I stole some toy Coca-cola glasses from a neighbor's lawn. It was an older lady's house, and her visiting grandchildren had left them in the yard. I'd not stolen before then, but,oh, how I wanted those glasses! I had always wanted one of those Coke dispensing soda fountain toys. I was jealous that these kids had one and just left it in the yard. I stole the glasses and rode off on my bike. But someone had seen me from the window...lol.

About 10 minutes later those kids showed up at my door and asked for the glasses back, and I told them I hadn't taken them, but I had an identical twin sister--she must have done it. Of course, I had no such thing, but they went away. My real sister, almost 5 years older, told me I was cool. Nice role model, huh?

I just 'pulled' a Draco on Monday... My ex-husband came to take my son for a few days, and got all uptight that my son had had the flu three days earlier, like maybe we should have told him and cancelled, so he wouldn't get sick. So when I asked for a ride to the local Walmart, I kinds sorta neglected to tell him I was just getting over that flu. Hey! I needed that ride!

I lucked out both times. I never had to give those glasses back, and my ex-husband didn't get the flu from giving me a ride to the store.

hahaha the story about the glasses was hilarious!! soo cool!!

yeah, draco-ness is cool!! it gets even better when you get what you want and no one can take it off of you!! hahaha

my sister is very annoying (she's 4 years older than me ) and when it's about clothing, she never let me wear her robes.. but sometimes, when she's out, i forced the lock -because she locks her closet- and i get what i want: wear her clothes and the good thing is that she never notice.. hahaha got lucky i guess

I agree with you I think draco will change his ways and help harry but I dont think he will save harry. I think the trio and ginny and maybe even the twins will help harry try to find the horocruxes and while looking for them they run into voldemort with his crew and draco. I think he will threaten to kill draco but harry and the gang stops voldemort and they escape with draco. I think in the end all of them will become friends and then they will meet voldemort again and some one dies and then draco tries to stop voldemort from killing harry but fails and then draco may die but I dont know. And I think we can just imagine the rest of the story but that is my theory.

1hpfan101

PLEASE REPLY WITH YOUR THOUGTS ABOUT MY THEORY

oh my gosh! i never even knew a Draco Club existed! ...but now that i know, i'll join it REALLY happily...i've always loved Draco's character...i mean, just cause he's got losers/Death Eaters for parents, he was brought up the way he is...its not his fault...and in HBP, we've seen that he actually doesnt like all this...he just plays along..really he wants to be good...

and 1hpfan 101, my DH theory is kinda like mine...its pretty much the same things -- draco turns good, ginny and the trio defeat Voldy...all those things are same! so, obviously, really like your's!

I have to join this club...ahh DRACO my love my life ahh anyway enough of that...i cant believe i never thought to start one of these up myself (mentally kicks myself) but if you would like to read a Draco fanfiction then click the picturelink in my signature

loz

Hello!

Ok im just jumping into the Conversation, about Draco helpin Harry

I made a fanfic just that has something like that, i have had alot of people comment on it too, i a huge Draco fan ofcourse ^_~ i even got a letter from Tom Felton for a responce to mine, and a picture!!...ok this is off topic but oh well hahaha ^_$ im a bit perky today so sorry if im acting odd... well thats all i have to say right now! ^__^.

-Noelle <3

OMG!! REALLY? ARE YOU SERIOUS? did you actually get a letter from Tom Felton!! aaaah! i'm so jealous!!

i haven't read your ff.. i'd like to read it!!

Wow! FOUR new people! Welcome!

I am hoping we can maybe pick up on my topic, though maybe I suck at introducing topics (they always seem to fall flat!). I am curious as to whether our DODDD members have had moments of extreme Draco-ness...times when you've behaved as Draco would.

Ani's replied to it, but no one else. We have to admit that part of the attraction of Draco is that he's such a snarky little thing, and often gets away with it. He does things we sometimes wish we could. Of course, sometimes he's awful, too, not to be admired. But I've behaved like that once in awhile.

When you did something Draco-esque--

What did you do?
Did you get away with it?
Did you feel guilty afterward?
Or did you feel excited?
Would you do it again?

When I stole those toy glasses, I felt high for awhile, especially since my sister had approved of me, which was extremely rare. But I never could play with them without feeling guilty. I hid them away so my mom wouldn't find them and ask where they'd come from. I don't remember anymore what became of them, though.

actually i have...but it was more for revenge and less because i didnt like them...

What did you do?

i made posters and leaflets that we (my friend and i) stuck up over town, in mail boxes, on the windscreen of cars in the halls of school ect...of this guy and printed along side his photo was him darkest secret (which was discusting)...by the time we where done everyone in town knew it!

Did you get away with it?

i got away with the stuff down town but i got caught at school but i talked my way out of any trouble

Did you feel guilty afterward?

not really because he lied about me and my friend making out we did things we didnt...with him...EWWW

Or did you feel excited?

yep, i dont think it could have worked any better

Would you do it again?

if i did it again i would probably step it up a natch and put it on the radio (we did get in anounced at a concert though and her was there)

...Im not really sure what qualifies as Draco-esque... but i think i have the basic arrogance thing...

You know the thing, saying what he wants to who he wants? Doing whatever he needs to to get his own way...

oh..and i suppose using all of the influence (and intelligence ) that i could muster to get me out of a weeks worth of detentions was pretty Draco-ish...

oh and looking back on Aniium's post... i suppose i do have strops when i don't get my own way. The other day, for example, my art teacher had everybody doing something that would be bette for me to do another day, so i asked her if i could do something else. she was about to say yes when my...aquaintances...said that why should i be treated differently from everybody else, and how it wasn't fair...
and whilst i really wanted to tell them that life isn't fair and to grow up... a nicely placed sulk and some evil looks got me doing my own thing.

and looking back...it all seems quite silly, but it was worth it at the time, and i did have my reasons...

One thing that is very different in real life...Draco uses his...background and influence to intimidate people, and even the dumb people actually get to like him (aka Crabbe and Goyle) but in real life? they just turn your friends against you and exclude you...things seem so much simpler in the fabulous world of novels...

Clara}~

I think that's true on so many levels, Clara. I never have understood why Crabbe and Goyle do things the way they do. Draco seems to give very little to them, either in approval or friendship. He only takes. So why would they do these things for him, always have his back? Are they in a family situation like Draco's? Were they 'advised' by their fathers to be friends with him, as Draco was 'advised' to try to be friends with Harry? In the real world, I can see adults doing this whole "Schmoozing, networking" thing, but not kids. Maybe they are attracted to his arrogant confidence.

But in my situation as a child, in the leadership position among my neighborhood friends, I did give the other kids something back. Oh, I was a definite little strutting martinet, but I always had the best ideas, the most creative ideas for play. Everyone always had a good time (at least I convinced myself that was so ). Well, they always came back for more!

There were times, however, when I completely annoyed them, then I'd have to backpedal a bit. I never see Draco backpedaling. But there's a lot of Draco's life we never see in the series, because it isn't about him.

Clara, I don't really see anything wrong with trying to manipulate situations into your favor. I do see that as Draco-esque, but my grandfather had a saying--"The squeakiest wheel gets the grease." So if you don't try, you won't get! Could be your 'acquaintances' are rubbish at it and are a bit jealous that you seem to work things out so much better than they do!

lozza, I can see where some Draco-ness would be in order in that situation. Sounds like it worked out just fine.