Yes! I wholeheartedly agree! Nowhere in the book does it specifically state that Draco Malfoy has the Dark Mark, it's just a theory Harry cooks up. Yes, he doesn't let Mme Malkin roll up his sleeve, but that doesn't necassarily mean he has the Dark Mark.

I like the werewolf theory. IT could indeed be plausible, and it would explain the eye thing....



In other words, no i don't beleive Draco is evil. (evil is such a general word) I think that he has just been raised in the wrong environment. I have a feeling that if he hadn't been raised with a Death Eater, he wouldn't be quite so... grrr. (scratches at air)

i dont think he is realy bad because he
hasnt got a choice cuz his dad workes for lord voldemort

I agree with what most people are saying Draco is not evil he is just a bully. When you have a family like Draco's you have a lot to live up to and more to prove

i suppose to decide.. you need to to define 'evil!'

He's not evil, he's confused. He was raised by two followers of Voldemort, so it's expected that he would be convinced he should think the same as his parents, but I don't think he fully believes Voldemort is the way. He's lacking considerably in guidance is what I think it comes down to. He may be a bit of a bad seed, but I think he has a chance of turning out okay in the end.

That's a good definition of it there. Also, with his father now gone, he may start to see it's his decision. I think seeing Dumbledore will affect him though internally.

Ya, the death of Dumbledore will shake Malfoy and he will start to see which side is the good side. He will, unfortunately, have to continue to show allegiance to Voldemort, but he will see the error of his ways.

see the error?
so dyou reckon there is a good chance malfoy will turn to fight voldemort. im thinking thats a twist JK Rowling might throw in...

I'm saying one thing and that's it. Draco will turn to the good side. The end.

I truly don't think that Malfoy is evil.In the curse of the 6th year he really change a lot. Maybe he's just been the way his father wanted him to acted. I don't think that its all Malfoy's fault. He was raised that way, but in the sixth year he realized that things are not as he belived they were. Maybe he'srealized the worlds does not revolve around him. He's more egicentric than evil in my opinion

I don't think that Malfoy is truly evil but it is in his capacity to be. I think the only things fuelling him to join Voldemort is his father, his prejudice against Muggles and Muggle-borns alike, and let's not forget his extreme hate for Harry.

In my opinion, he won't be truly good but he won't be truly bad either. He'll probably in the darker grey area.

I think is more spoiled than evil. He has alway been the most important boy until Harry showed up. He had his pure blood, his family's money and his superior feelings before book 6 now he really knows the cost of serving Voldemort and he realized it was to high and he wasn't capable of it. I am sort of shocked so many people were surprised by his true colors being reveal in HBP because he has alway been whinning and ran in the face of real danger.

In the first book, he ran the night in forest. In book two, he had to go to hospital but wasn't really hurt. Book three he didn't fight back Hermione hit him. The hints were there to see.

I think for the first time we actually feel sorry for Draco-- because at the end of the book he couldn't kill Dumbledore and he seemed awfully pressured for someone suppossedly so evil. i think he'll end up on the good side, but if so i don't think he'd live until the end of the series.

Yeah, I really felt sorry for him. When Dumbledore offered him protection I was like 'come on, accept him!!!' But I guess, he missed the chance and so I doubt that he would survive.

Of course he isn't evil! He is all talk like half the people in my school! There is no way he could live up to the Dark Lord's standards!

There are many ways he could live up to the Dark Lord's standards. All he has to do is do something that Voldemort likes and *snaps fingers* he's in the middle circle.

One of these things could be killing his father. I think that will be his last chance.

I dont think Malfoy is an Evil, I think he is just a child and sacrifice. he is fighting himself about everything at this moment because he is Head of Dead Eaters because Lord Voldemort asked.
remember , he didnt like to kill dumbledore and Snape finished it. he is just a child and one of Voldemort's sacrifices.

He is SOOO not evil.
its not his fault he's bad.
it's mostly on his dad.

i think not.
he's just a bit of a mess-up of a kid.

I don't think that Malfoy is really evil. I think that he was brought up a certain way and that is why he is the way he is. I think that Malfoy is scared. He had Dumbledore and had all the opportunity in the world to kill him, but he didn't. I think that he is scared for his parents. Voldemort has probably told him that if he doesn't do as he is told that him and his parents will be killed. so Malfoy is not evil, at least not entirely.

Malfoy is not Evil, he is just a child, and dosnt know what he can do because of his father and mother's protection on him. believe that he will be a good person at the end of book seven or kills himself because he dosnt like to live as a bad and dark person.

yes and no because if he wasn't why did he join voldemort in the first place. but no because how he was crying with murtle and how he didn't kill dd and how he just stood there adn in the book you kind of tell that he is doing some fast thinking about what to do.to join dd or kill him like told.

Yes but surely just the fact that he paused before killing Dumbledore, that he is hesistant about joining Voldie means he isnt evil doesnt it ?

I don't think Malfoy is evil per se, to me he's just a spoiled brat. All of his life he's gotten used to getting anything he wanted with minimum effort, off course he knew the payback for this comfortable existence would be that he'd have to become a death eater just like his father.
But i'm guessing that as a kid to him this sounded more like a game than anything else, "oooh, i'm gonna put on a mask, and scare those mudbloods". It was only after he saw what would be asked of him that he realised that the dath part was very much real, and got scared. I don't think he has that much of conscience, so he's not all that worried about anything else but his own skin (o.k he might be a bit worried about his mum).

when i first read the book, i couldnt even stand to hear malfoy's name, to see him in any pictures, or to see him in any book, writting or forum. i believed malfoy was the worst person on earth. but now that ive moved on .. a bit .. i dont think he is. i mean ya ya he did this and that; but thats because hes a malfoy, he has to live up to his famous pure-blood name. and to his father, i mean, he has shown HES a failure, but draco wants to make up for that, he wants to show hes better than that, that he can do better than his dad. plus, voldemort did threaten to kill his parents, if someone did that to me, and i knew they were being serious and that they could really do it, heck! id even kill harry potter himself. i dun think hes evil, he was just put in an awful situation.
in my opinion anyways