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Double Standards: Malfoys vs Potters Edition

It's interesting how people view the Malfoy vs Potter men. The Malfoys are often considered shallow while the Potters are lauded for befriending the "downtrodden".

James Potter befriended Remus Lupin, a disadvantaged werewolf. He and his friends became animagi for Lupin. That's great and all...but then why was Remus so hesitant to go against the status quo and speak out against the marauders - to do his job as prefect?

And James treated Wormtail like trash too.

‘How thick are you, Wormtail?’ said James impatiently. ‘You run round with a werewolf once a month –’

Nice to say that out loud where anyone can hear, Jamie.

‘Put that away, will you,’ said Sirius finally, as James made a fine catch and Wormtail let out a cheer, ‘before Wormtail wets himself with excitement.’ Wormtail turned slightly pink, but James grinned.

“Lily and James only made you Secret Keeper because I suggested it,” Black hissed, so venomously that Pettigrew took a step backwards. “I thought it was the perfect plan… a bluff… Voldemort would be sure to come after me, would never dream they’d use a weak, talentless thing like you… it must have been the finest moment of your miserable life, telling Voldemort you could hand him the Potters.”

You really don't get the vibe that Sirius or James held little Petie in high regard, do you?

It can't be more obvious that Sirus and James were top dogs and Peter and Remus were just add-ons.

As for Harry, where to start with him? He shows little empathy for other people and has a nasty habit of describing people in dehumanizing ways (eg. Aberforth, Salazar Slytherin, Marcus etc). He has probably described Tom Riddle, the guy who murdered his parents, as attractive more times than his own girlfriend Ginny. He latched on to Ron because of his family and honestly, Hermione feels like a pity friend at times. Harry hardly likes being around her without Ron. Harry has another nasty habit of giving his best friends the silent treatment until they come crawling back to him, even when he is in the wrong too (re firebolt for Hermione and Ron believing Harry entered his name in the goblet of fire).

‘Hullo,’ said the boy, ‘Hogwarts too?’ ‘Yes,’ said Harry. ‘My father’s next door buying my books and mother’s up the street looking at wands,’ said the boy. He had a bored, drawling voice. ‘Then I’m going to drag them off to look at racing brooms. I don’t see why first-years can’t have their own. I think I’ll bully father into getting me one and I’ll smuggle it in somehow.’

Yet, no one seems to give Lucius and Draco any credit. These people are supposed to be snobby, pureblood supremacists. Yet, even though Harry was dressed in decrepit muggle clothes, Draco still engaged him in conversation. Draco had no idea who Harry was, had no clue he was famous at the time, and still made several efforts to talk with him and continue the conversation even when Harry was cold and aloof.

And Severus Snape moved off to the other side of the Hall, away from Lily, to where the Slytherins were cheering him, to where Lucius Malfoy, a prefect badge gleaming upon his chest, patted Snape on the back as he sat down beside him …

Lucius knows 'Snape' is not a pureblood name. He could see Snape's clothes were probably old hand-me-downs. He knows Snape is way below his class. Yet, he still welcomes Snape warmly to Slytherin. What reason would he have to fake pleasantries with a poor half-blood? I doubt Slughorn or the other bigoted purebloods would care if Lucius left his seat in disgust at Snape's presence. Even as adults, it is indicated in the narrative multiple times that Lucius holds Snape in high esteem. Draco held Snape in high esteem too despite being a halfblood.

The same Snape that James Potter tormented for no good reason - because Snape existed. Instead of targetting the purebloods like Avery and Mulciber, James and his delinquent loser gang went after Snape, the poor half-blood. Harry literally did nothing as Snape lay dying in the same shack that Lupin almost killed him in two decades prior.

Harry describes Pansy as being pug-faced...yet Draco still dated her. Even though Crabbe turned on him, Draco still grieved for him afterwards. Compared to Harry who only dates the prettiest girls and body shames other girls if they don't meet his standard and only cares about people who do things for him, like him and are loyal to him. It's only when the people he dislikes die for him that he changes his tune and suddenly they become great people.

How can people say the Potters are less shallow than the Malfoys??Draco and Lucius will always be high-class elitists who believe in sticking with their 'own kind' but give credit where credit is due.

If you like both Ron Weasley and Draco Malfoy as characters, please comment or reblog this with some fanfic recs featuring them both positively as flawed, nuanced characters without any bashing!

I don't care what ship or what subset of the HP fandom you're from! ❤ This question is for everyone, but especially the multishippers and the gen fic fans! 🥰 Whether you ship both Romione & Dramione, Hinny & Drarry, Ronarry, Dron, Drinny, Tomarry, Remadora, Lucissa, Tedromeda, Jily, Snily, RonLuna, Ronsy, Drastoria, or random rare pairs, or if you're a Snape fan, a Marauders fan, a Weasley fan, a Malfoy fan, a Dursley fan, etc.

I'd love to know your fic recs that are both pro-Ron and pro-Draco! Bonus if these fics are also featuring Dumbledore, Snape, Pettigrew, Sirius, or other interesting & complicated canon characters! 🥰

Can we discuss something? I’m one of the people who loves Draco with my whole heart but I don’t think he had bad parents, his parents loved and spoiled now throughout his childhood, yeah it sucked being on the dark lord side at almost the end but he still had a better life than most

I agree with you.

I love him and feel bad for him, especially in HBP, but seeing people say his parents didn’t love him or that Lucius abused him is so disappointing. Just because a household’s ideologies aren’t healthy does not mean the household itself is horrible or loveless. A great example of this is Vernon and Petunia. Are they both absolute menaces and awful people? Without a doubt. Did they also love each other dearly and would do anything for each other + Dudley? Of course. (I was discussing this with a friend yesterday, Vernon was unironically such a ride-or-die husband. 💀) Narcissa and Lucius would go to hell and back for their son, they literally abandoned Voldy’s regime and went looking for Draco when they were wandless during a war. The Malfoy family’s biggest/only redeeming quality is the love they hold for each other, and seeing people try to destroy that really upsets me. Even putting aside HBP, Draco definitely deserved better. No kid deserves to be taught harmful beliefs growing up or be spoiled by their parents. But yes, saying he “was abused/unloved” is plainly false.

Draco Malfoy Headcanon:

With Scorpius's encouragement, he casts a patronus. It takes the form of a scorpion. The memories he uses are his wedding day and/or the day he became a father

Draco in the Room of Requirement in DH

I’ve recently reread the last scene in the Room of Requirement in DH and I’ve noticed that Draco Malfoy isn’t as bad as I’ve remembered.

Although I’ve always found him interesting, I thought that he didn’t confirm that he recognised the trio in the manor in DH, because he was afraid of Voldemort, not in order to help them in any way. Especially that later, as I believed, he tried to catch Harry with Crabbe and Goyle and bring him to Voldemort. But after rereading I noticed the scene shows something else.

When Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle come to the Room of Requirement, their dynamics is much different than usual. Malfoy isn’t their boss anymore. He’s behind them, barely visible. It seems that Crabbe and Goyle have come there with the clear purpose of catching Harry, while Malfoy followed them for some reason: to help them? Stop them? See what they’re doing? Get away from the battle?

Malfoy says that Harry has his wand and then he honestly admits that his mother gave him the one he’s holding. Which I find quite interesting, especially that Harry insulted his mother in the past. I would expect him to say something like "It’s not your business, Potter" or some kind of threat or insult.

He doesn’t say much more, only tries to stop Crabbe and Goyle from killing or hurting Harry. Crabbe explains their plan. It’s intriguing how little we know about their friendship.

At one point Crabbe tries to hit Harry with the Cruciatos curse and Malfoy stops him, telling him that the Dark Lord wants Harry alive—and this scene is very similar to the one at the end of HBP when the DEs are running away, one of them hit Harry with Cruciatos and Snape stops them, using the very same argument.

Instead of focusing on saving himself from the fire, Malfoy tries to help unconscious Goyle.

Later during the battle the trio sees Malfoy trying to convince a DE that he’s on their side. Every DE should know him, Voldemort has lived in his home for two years. Why does he have to convince a DE he’s actually supporting Voldemort? He probably hasn’t been fighting as he doesn’t have a wand, but I would expect a DE to simply ignore him. Has he somehow given an impression that he’s not a faithful DE? Intriguing.

You say you don’t like when Draco and Hermione are married in Dramione fics and he still calls her “Granger” and I’ll call you a damn liar!

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Draco Malfoy deserved a redemption arc WAY more than Snape did. I will die on this hill.

Currently thinking about making a draco playlist

Y/n, whispering: you know I love you, right?

Draco: why are we whispering?

Y/n: so Harry thinks we're conspiring against him

Draco: oooh

Harry: what are they talking about?

Snape, having heard everything: murder

…And as his eyes fell shut and his heart began to pound, he realised somewhere in the back of his mind that Hermione Granger kissed like nothing else mattered but him.

Not the war, or the blood, or the destruction-just him, like he'd hung the moon and painted the stars and he was her world and everything in between

Draconian by hepburnettes

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Another segment of demonizing Draco for no reason in Deathly Hallows

‘I’m Draco Malfoy, I’m Draco, I’m on your side!’ Draco was on the upper landing, pleading with another masked Death Eater. Harry Stunned the Death Eater as they passed: Malfoy looked around, beaming, for his saviour . . . . . . and Ron punched him from under the Cloak. Malfoy fell backwards on top of the Death Eater, his mouth bleeding, utterly bemused. ‘And that’s the second time we’ve saved your life tonight, you two-faced bastard!’ Ron yelled.

Now, I have seen people use this snippet from DH to deride Draco and portray him as two-faced and sleazy. How can Draco be in cohorts with a death eater after gracious Harry saved his life??

Anyone who thinks like this is an idiot and has no survival instinct or common sense. Or just want to get off on hating Draco or Slytherins to feel morally superior.

At this point, Draco is defenceless. He lost his wand in the fight between his posse and the golden trio.

The wandless Malfoy cowered behind a three-legged wardrobe . .

Draco can't depend on the so-called 'light' side to defend him. So the only way for Draco to save himself is to convince the death eaters that he is still one of them so he has some form of protection. Otherwise, BOTH sides will be gunning for him.

I don't understand why people can't understand this simple fact. It's like Ron or Hermione make a claim about Draco and HP fans take that as gospel without any further critical thinking.

I honestly find the line about Draco beaming as he looks around for his saviour kind of cute. It does not even seem to bother him that an enemy may have saved him; he is just grateful for being saved at all. There's not much to hate about Draco in Deathly Hallows when you truly look at it.

I mean Draco should get some credit for helping to save their lives too when he pulled a Lucius (sigh, it's like Lucy and Bella from OotP all over again).

‘Don’t kill him! DON’T KILL HIM!’ Malfoy yelled at Crabbe and Goyle, who were both aiming at Harry: their split second’s hesitation was all Harry needed.

Ron can screw himself seriously. At this point, he is just kicking Draco while he is down. Punching Draco from underneath an invisibility cloak is SO heroic! SO brave! I can feel the Gryffindor courage oozing off Ron right now!

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Can we just normalise shipping both Romione and Dramione?

Draco Malfoy is meme material