[SuzanneWeeks]

I thought about this theory this morning....

Remember in HP & TSS, before the kids all reach the grand hall, Malfoy comes over to Harry and says something to the effect of "I can show you who the Good Wizarding Families are to hang with" EVERYONE knows who Harry is in the wizarding world, why would Malfoy want to be friends with him when Malfoy knows he is half muggle & Malfoy is soooo nasty about the whole "mudblood" thing? Do you think that his Dad asked him to befriend Harry? Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer?

What do you think of that?

[Pippin]

Hmmmm!<p. Sounds like a good theory.

[lilTuckinAngel]

I think that the death eaters arent totally opposed to half bloods (VM is a half blood) also I think Lucius might have told Draco to try to get in well with potter because it might drive away suspicion that they are VM supporters

[retrokitten]

Yeah, that is a good theory. Maybe they figured they could get Harry over to the dark side and get him to cooperate in Voldemorts return.

[grellis]

In a way, something Snape says in HBP refers back to Draco and Harry meeting for the first time. Kind of, anyway. When Snape is explaining his seemingly odd behavior to Bellatrix, he tells her that he was intrigued by Harry--after all, at the time, nobody clearly understood why or how Harry was protected when VM attacked him. If the protection had not been externally provided, it would mean that even in babyhood Harry was extremely powerful.

The Death Eaters and dark wizards all claim that pureblood is the only way to go, but essentially what they are after is power. Some of them probably knew that VM was not pureblood--especially the DEs that went to school with Tom Riddle. I think they were willing to overlook that because he was so powerful.