His parents don’t seem like the obvious answer to that question, to me. Sure, he’s known them longer than anyone else, but they never really understood or took him seriously. Pretty much the only person who he was fully able to relate to and trust is the one he just lost.
Yes, I agree that his parents are not necessarily the perfect solution to this problem. However, you must consider that there is no one else to turn to, unless Draco returns or Harry brings Hermione back. What other plan do you think has a higher probability of success?
(Note that bringing Harry’s parents to Hogwarts is also foreshadowed; Dumbledore tells Harry that he will try to have them see him at Hogwarts all the way back in Chapter 62, and yet they apparently haven’t visited yet this Easter break.)
I really wish that were so, but it just doesn’t make much sense to me. Draco left because of both politics and security concerns; while Hermione’s death may make the politics a little bit easier, the first death at Hogwarts in fifty years isn’t going to soothe Lucius’ nerves any.
I suppose that sending Draco back to Hogwarts might be a way for Lucius to signal that he was behind the attack on Hermione, but I think Lucius cares about Draco’s safety rather more than signaling. He also has many other, less dangerous ways to signal that; I wouldn’t be surprised if he forgave Harry’s debt, for instance.
His parents don’t seem like the obvious answer to that question, to me. Sure, he’s known them longer than anyone else, but they never really understood or took him seriously. Pretty much the only person who he was fully able to relate to and trust is the one he just lost.
Yes, I agree that his parents are not necessarily the perfect solution to this problem. However, you must consider that there is no one else to turn to, unless Draco returns or Harry brings Hermione back. What other plan do you think has a higher probability of success?
(Note that bringing Harry’s parents to Hogwarts is also foreshadowed; Dumbledore tells Harry that he will try to have them see him at Hogwarts all the way back in Chapter 62, and yet they apparently haven’t visited yet this Easter break.)
I think you may have inadvertently put your finger on it. This is how Draco returns.
I really wish that were so, but it just doesn’t make much sense to me. Draco left because of both politics and security concerns; while Hermione’s death may make the politics a little bit easier, the first death at Hogwarts in fifty years isn’t going to soothe Lucius’ nerves any.
I suppose that sending Draco back to Hogwarts might be a way for Lucius to signal that he was behind the attack on Hermione, but I think Lucius cares about Draco’s safety rather more than signaling. He also has many other, less dangerous ways to signal that; I wouldn’t be surprised if he forgave Harry’s debt, for instance.