Another hot take: I have always maintained that Draco Malfoy would have made one a hell of a Gryffindor, the other side of the coin to Harry. Narratively, that was the whole point, yeah? A foil to our hero, but boy had some balls from the get go - unafraid of chatting up a stranger in a robes shop, definitely assured in himself to go up to someone who was practically a celebrity in front of a crowd and demand an alliance, if not a friendship. Giving Harry et al a run for their money with the whole who-can-sneak-around-Hogwarts-the-best routine - I mean, he's got some damn nerve. And that's outside the entirety of the events of HBP; even with the admittedly excellent motivator of Lord Without A Nose holding your family hostage, Draco did pitifully attempt to kill one of the greatest wizards of all time and might have pulled it off if he'd actually wanted to do it. But the crowning moment for me was in DH when he refused to ID Harry and the gang at Malfoy Manor. You want to talk about bravery? Show me a boy who goes against everything
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Draco definitely displayed a good deal of bravery before the end, but under duress. He's similar to Snape in that regard. Most Gryffindors worth their salt thrive in times that call for heroes - even poor reluctant Neville ended up in his element. I don't see Draco ever truly embracing that.
I've never liked the idea that the only kind of bravery is the big and bold kind. And being under duress doesn't necessarily negate the bravery displayed - Harry was always under duress in his bravest moments, tragically, painfully so in most cases, but it doesn't make his actions any less daring (arguably, it makes them more so). I do think Draco's bravery is a different shade, more similar to Neville's than Harry's though different still. Agreed, it was forced out of him in the end, but glimmers were there at the beginning. But I agree that Draco didn't embrace much of that bravery during the war - he couldn't really, it would have been a death sentence, and his self-preservation (which we could argue is probably more nurture than nature) is one of the main reasons I believe Draco is in the right house canonically. Snape's bravery is entirely different still to any of these, as guilt-laden in traumatic grief as it was, so I don't know that Draco and Snape are too similar in that regard.
Another member re-sorted as Slytherin? why yes, this time it's Gilderoy Lockhart and his intense desire for fame that made him do literally anything and everything to obtain it. Fame and glory isn't necessarily a Slytherin trait but the ambition to get there certainly is. Plus he knew how to adapt to his surroundings and ooze the type of charm that was marketable in the wizarding world. What made this guy a Ravenclaw ? Maybe he was a student he was more interested in learning and creativity - we know he can write at the very least, even if his books aren't entirely factual.
Yes! I was honestly really surprised that he was a Ravenclaw, for all the reasons you mentioned. Not that Slytherins have a monopoly on smarminess but he reminded me of a toothless Lucius Malfoy...just dripping with that smug cockiness that make you just want to smack him.
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Another hot take: I have always maintained that Draco Malfoy would have made one a hell of a Gryffindor, the other side of the coin to Harry. Narratively, that was the whole point, yeah? A foil to our hero, but boy had some balls from the get go - unafraid of chatting up a stranger in a robes shop, definitely assured in himself to go up to someone who was practically a celebrity in front of a crowd and demand an alliance, if not a friendship. Giving Harry et al a run for their money with the whole who-can-sneak-around-Hogwarts-the-best routine - I mean, he's got some damn nerve. And that's outside the entirety of the events of HBP; even with the admittedly excellent motivator of Lord Without A Nose holding your family hostage, Draco did pitifully attempt to kill one of the greatest wizards of all time and might have pulled it off if he'd actually wanted to do it. But the crowning moment for me was in DH when he refused to ID Harry and the gang at Malfoy Manor. You want to talk about bravery? Show me a boy who goes against everything ( ... )
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Draco definitely displayed a good deal of bravery before the end, but under duress. He's similar to Snape in that regard. Most Gryffindors worth their salt thrive in times that call for heroes - even poor reluctant Neville ended up in his element. I don't see Draco ever truly embracing that.
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I've never liked the idea that the only kind of bravery is the big and bold kind. And being under duress doesn't necessarily negate the bravery displayed - Harry was always under duress in his bravest moments, tragically, painfully so in most cases, but it doesn't make his actions any less daring (arguably, it makes them more so). I do think Draco's bravery is a different shade, more similar to Neville's than Harry's though different still. Agreed, it was forced out of him in the end, but glimmers were there at the beginning. But I agree that Draco didn't embrace much of that bravery during the war - he couldn't really, it would have been a death sentence, and his self-preservation (which we could argue is probably more nurture than nature) is one of the main reasons I believe Draco is in the right house canonically. Snape's bravery is entirely different still to any of these, as guilt-laden in traumatic grief as it was, so I don't know that Draco and Snape are too similar in that regard.
Lexa || Slytherin
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Caitie of puff
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Yes! I was honestly really surprised that he was a Ravenclaw, for all the reasons you mentioned. Not that Slytherins have a monopoly on smarminess but he reminded me of a toothless Lucius Malfoy...just dripping with that smug cockiness that make you just want to smack him.
Lexa || Slytherin
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