Draco's Allegiance
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deathtocapslockGod, I feel an idiot. When I was writing "Protean Charm" I looked very carefully at evidence for Draco's having started working against the Dark Lord. But I totally missed the biggest clue of all.
When the Trio, Dean, and Griphook were thrown into the basement of Malfoy Manor, Luna used a nail to untie the new prisoners.
And Draco fully expected her to.
When Draco was sent to fetch the goblin, he ordered the captives, "Stand back. Line up against the back wall. Don't try anything or I'll kill you!"
He expected them to be free, not tied together in a clump. And sure enough, they were; he was able to seize "the little goblin by the arm and back[] out again, dragging Griphook with him" without untying him first.
And he didn't warn his fellow Death Eaters that the prisoners were unbound, or cast Incarcereous on them to remedy the matter.
For that matter, how did Luna get hold of that conveniently large nail, anyhow? It's a weapon as well as a tool.
When the Trio, Dean, and Griphook were thrown into the basement of Malfoy Manor, Luna used a nail to untie the new prisoners.
And Draco fully expected her to.
When Draco was sent to fetch the goblin, he ordered the captives, "Stand back. Line up against the back wall. Don't try anything or I'll kill you!"
He expected them to be free, not tied together in a clump. And sure enough, they were; he was able to seize "the little goblin by the arm and back[] out again, dragging Griphook with him" without untying him first.
And he didn't warn his fellow Death Eaters that the prisoners were unbound, or cast Incarcereous on them to remedy the matter.
For that matter, how did Luna get hold of that conveniently large nail, anyhow? It's a weapon as well as a tool.
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Date: 2012-02-26 09:42 pm (UTC)That may be, but he certainly was meant to be a God figure (choke even more) - you know: the all knowing epitome of goodness... who for some unfathomable reason doesn't do anything to further good or protect the weak.