Comments | gloredhel04: Fanart: The Price of Loyalty

gloredhel04

Fanart: The Price of Loyalty

Nov 02, 2006 08:41

Title: The Price of Loyalty
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, Voldemort, other DE's.
Rating: PGish
Warning: Character death
Medium: ink

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fanart

Comments 13

avialle November 2 2006, 14:21:10 UTC

I don't know . . . that's a tough one. I want to say yes, but . . . I think his son is the one thing that might break him (at least in my little twisted alternate HP universe, he definitely wouldn't because he *coughs* loves him too much.) :^P That's kind of skewed my thinking. I think in canon, yes. Definitely yes. I don't think he'd want to do it or like but he would for "the cause."

Beautiful heartrending linework by the way, great pic!

gloredhel04 November 2 2006, 14:31:28 UTC

Good point. Another thing to remember is Draco was given the task in HPB out of punishment for Lucius' blunder at the Ministry. I'm sure Voldemort wouldn't choose a punishment that Lucius would easily accept, but where it would hurt the most. Like you said, I'd really want to believe he'd put his son's life before his own, but I can't really say. Lucius isn't really one of JKR's "redeemable" bad characters. ;)

Thanks for commenting!

orpheus_samhain November 2 2006, 20:46:52 UTC

No, I don't think Lucius would sacrifice his only son. Family means a lot to him. He doesn't have anything else, really. Malfoys seem to keep together. Draco says he is "bullying" his parents into things but at the same time he reacts very violently to any suggestion that they are not perfect. Lucius was buying Draco things and settling things for him. Narcissa proved to love her son in "Spinner's End" and even before that she was sending him sweets on a daily basis and didn't agree for him to go to Durmstrang, she also proved to be loyal to Lucius: she defended him against her own sister and when she was asking Snape to protect Draco she said that Lucius valued Snape (so Narcissa was holding her husband's opinion in high esteem) and so on... I didn't find any proof that Lucius might want to harm his son, not intentionally anyway.

gloredhel04 November 2 2006, 23:55:35 UTC

Wow, you certainly know your canon! I agree that family is definitely very important to Lucius, but I was wondering if push came to shove whether his ultimate priority was to his family or Voldemort, especially if his own life were on the line.

Thanks for such a well thought out response. :)

czeri November 10 2006, 22:47:51 UTC

Eh, Lucius doesn't care about Voldemort one bit. All he liked about him was the power he gave him, but considering how quickly Lucius went to the Ministry after Voldemort's first fall, how little enthusiastic he was when Voldemort returned, and how he didn't hesitate to endanger a bit of Voldie's soul in CoS for his own gains (Voldemort said in GoF that the DEs knew of the steps he'd taken to become immortal), I hardly think Lucius is a very loyal follower. So there's no way he'd ever sacrifice Draco for Voldemort.

orpheus_samhain November 2 2006, 20:55:10 UTC

Oh, great art, btw :DDD I was so engrossed in my explanation that I forgot to comment on your pic. I love Draco's pose and that his wand slid from his hand.

kamion November 3 2006, 13:38:45 UTC

Oh I definetely don't think Lucius would kill his sone or sacrify him
more likely the total opposite
you may take a look at this render and conclude whose wand is still smoking after an A.K.
I took the interpretation of "at the hand of the other" a bit loosely, wondering why it is not written "....by the hand..."

but compliments for the drawing, in it's simplicty it is very strong and emotional.

gloredhel04 November 6 2006, 03:31:40 UTC

Yeah, I agree now that if Draco stayed the son Lucius wanted him to be Lucuis would put him before his loyalty to Voldemort.

Ooh, what a great render, it's very emotional. I will be forever stuck in traditional art solely because computers despise me. :D

coell November 3 2006, 20:59:46 UTC

Great picture and bonus interesting question. I think Lucius would keep his son. Lucius didn't jeopardize his public status to expose himself as a DE when Voldemort was missing, so we know there are things more important than Lord Voldemort. However, if Draco were an embarrassment or failure, I might change my opinion; Lucius seems very unforgiving to the point of declaring his son dead to him.

gloredhel04 November 6 2006, 03:40:01 UTC

Great point. I definitely agree if Lucius felt betrayed or embarrassed he wouldn't waste a second disowning his son.

Do you think Draco's failure then in HPB would make Lucius want to disown him? (Assuming, of course, he got out of prison and he had the power to carry out his own wishes, etc.)

It certainly wasn't a task Lucius wanted him to do in the first place, but would he be so understanding when Draco had the chance but didn't follow through?

Hmm.

Oh! Thanks for commenting. :D

coell November 6 2006, 05:17:31 UTC

That's a tough one. I'm certain Lucius hates Dumbledore 100%, so that task should have been done. If his son can't kill Dumbledore when he gets the chance, what the hell good is he, right? ;-)

I don't think it's the Voldemort that would make Lucius kill his son, instead he would allow the Death Eaters to handle the punishment for failure and Lucius would feel like it was justified. Because I don't know if Lucius could do it himself; only if Lucius knew it would endanger himself to not follow orders. Above all (even V and Draco) is his own well-being. Whether he chose to save himself by fleeing with the boy or by disposing of him personally, Lucius is a selfish prat in my little mindworld.