I see red when...

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The 'Does JKR want us to hate Draco?' thread was probably one of the longest running Draco discussion (with many otherwisely titled spin-offs) in recent HPFGU history. My own view on this is that Rowling has not wanted her readers to hate Draco- the way the majority of HP fanbase do Umbridge, for example- but she did expect the general readership

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[merrymelody]

Yeah, someone said when the whole thing came up on the snitch (for the umpteenth time) that if it's crazy to like/enjoy reading about such a minor, unimportant, blah blah blah character that it's equally as crazy to devote yourself to hating them.

And presumably if they were going to be evil, they'd be good at it.

Heh. Reminds me of that conversation Adella was describing:

PERSON: OMG, Draco is so evil, I hate him, he'd hurt anyone if he could! (Gotta love that person saying that it was only the DA's swift actions that stopped him from killing Harry)
ADELLA: But here are X canonical examples of him having the opportunity to hurt someone and not doing it.
PERSON: Because he's too wimpy! If Harry/Hermione were going to hurt someone, they'd do it properly!

But dude, give them a bully who's *obviously* vulnerable and really didn't want to be in the position of Jr. Representative of evil? They can't wait to pile on.

Aw. And it's pretty neat, considering that the very thing bullies themselves look for is weakness (Draco doesn't hex Harry's legs, he picks on Neville. The Twins don't throw snowballs at McGonagall or Snape, they throw them at Quirrell. Dudley apparently beats up ten year olds. Even Harry doesn't fight anyone unless he's outnumbering them.)