georgian-empress:

Dear Draco fandom-

I get it. He’s a neat character, I also actually like him a lot! 

But please-  He was not afraid of or abused by his father. He was not a victim of parental abuse. He was not ignored, or hurt, or unloved by his father. I see this is a big theme amongst his fans, and him having daddy-issues makes him into a more romantic and troubled character and I understand the appeal of that but it’s just not true. 

Lucius, who:

• Listened to Draco whine about Harry all summer enough to be exasperated with it. 
  
• Who made a big fuss over his grades at Hogwarts, disappointed Draco didn’t do as well as a muggleborn, Hermione Granger.  
  
• Who got him onto the Quidditch team and bought his team all new brooms.
  
• Who raised all hell when Draco was attacked by Buckbeak- enough to attempt to get the creature killed. 
  
• Who was visibly distraught over his son’s whereabouts in the Shrieking Shack and who literally asked Voldemort if he could leave to find his son and was totally defeated when he was denied this.
  
• Who was shut down by Voldemort for suggesting they go to Hogwarts to find Harry Potter because Voldy knew he all he wanted was to find Draco. 
  
• Who, wandless, completely abandoned Voldemort and the Death Eaters during the Battle of Hogwarts and risked his own life to find his son. 

Let’s also mention Draco’s distress at his father being imprisoned in Azkaban, enough to nearly curse Harry because he blames his rival for his father’s incarceration.  Who was also hugely distressed not only at his own potential death at the hands of Voldemort should he not kill Dumbledore, but also at the threat of his parents being killed as well. 

So please. Consider this: Draco was not a troubled character in the beginning. He was a spoiled rotten brat, actually. But he BECOMES a troubled character during the time of Voldemort’s return, and after the Battle of Hogwarts- in which he is forced into a terrible task, he likely was tortured and likely had to witness his parents being tortured, in which he is likely also aware that he is being forced into these situations not because HE is being punished, but because his FATHER is being punished. Remember that? Lucius fell from Voldemort’s good books, and he’s paying the price for it- and Voldemort is doing it through his son, because Voldemort KNOWS that Draco is precious to Lucius and Narcissa. Voldemort is targeting Draco because he knows it’s probably killing Lucius inside to see his 16 year old son forced to do things no 16 year old boy should be doing. 

So. Please keep that in mind, okay?