Short term wise - kind of agree.
Compromise is a two-way street. Compromise isn't worth it.
*shines the omake signal*
You think Lucius has reason to stop his son from befriending the Boy who lived, improving his grades, gaining more moderation, cunning and self control that come with moderating biases and that is generally useful for an heir?You think Lucius Malfoy has no reason to stop his son from becoming a Blood Traitor?
I... I don't even know what to say to that...
Also Sirius
Because he won't become a Blood Traitor. Atleast not while his Dad is alive. We are moderating his view on Blood Purism. Going from "Kill the Mud-bloods!" to "I GUESS not ALL Mud-bloods aren't filth. I'm still better than them though".You think Lucius Malfoy has no reason to stop his son from becoming a Blood Traitor?
I... I don't even know what to say to that...
Our "Friendship" with Draco is more of a Proto-friendship. Somewhere between business acquaintances, and actual friends. We will be friendly, we will help each other out, we might even hang out. It could even be fun, we are both benefiting from the interactions.
IT wouldn't take serious time and investment. No more than being friends with literally anyone else would be (not even added time. We will not be able to be away for hours every day grinding without suspicions being raised. We have to spend a fair bit of time out in the real world doing normal things, and generally not grinding. Some of this time can be dedicated to Draco). As I have covered. It won't cost us friendship with anyone else either, because if he is going to push that, we drop him.
No, it definitely would. Spending time with actual friends is not an investment, it is fun in and of itself. "Investment", as in resources expended in the hope of future payoff, applies to Draco and only Draco.
Or it could be dedicated to people we actually like.
Actually hitting a high enough attribute you unlock traits, Notably raising Int Above 50 gave Han Jee Han mana affinity
First and only thing that comes to mind is getting an invite over to his house. First thing that comes to mind immediately after that thought is the sound of a train screeching to a halt as I shout "METAGAMING" at myself really loudly. First thing after that is the sound of Dumbledore lol, noping all the way home, since that would literally be walking into the snake pit.
Well maybe we can figure something out form Filch status.
Time spent with Draco could definitely be fun. He won't be a rude butt towards us, he wants to be friends with us. He'd actually be trying his best to be friends. And if he knows we dislike him being rude to other people, he will cut down on that while we are around.
We (Harry, not you and me we) would like him in this instance. IC, he hasn't done enough to make us dislike him currently, and if we play the situations right, he won't period. He'd be the friend that doesn't really get along with our other friends very well (because, as I said, if he goes farther than "doesn't get along well" we drop him), but is still our friend.
Change the world. The Malfoy's are the main opposition Dumbledore faces. Remove that opposition, and Dumbledore can do all the good work he wills. And if we are still here later, we can change up stuff ourselves.
And until we reach the juncture were I'm proven wrong, it is entirely possible that I am right. Currently, it does not require any investment of resources that we don't have plethora of, and doesn't come with any penalties. So no reason to go against it.
He just walked into the room like he owned the place, insulted several of our friends, and told us that he could teach us to make the right sort of friends.
True, we can't prove that you are wrong... Much like we can't prove that there is no teapot halfway between earth and mars at this point.
In order; He's a nerd wanting to look cool, and failing horribly. He insulted Ron, a stranger, and it was in defense of him laughing at his name. He offered to help us, and, under no implication of our current friends being the wrong sort (which we prove by inviting him to play with us, and not leaving our friends).
And there is no cost to operate under teh assumption that I'm right. The moment that there is in fact a cost, we can drop this plan.
So it's just personal want, not that there is any flaw in the plan itself.
They are richer than us. By a good bit. And it aint' that easy, or else Dumbledore would have completely outmanuverd them already. He's even more famous than we are, and that's before all the money and expertise and connections he has.
Besides the fact we got no idea who to bribe. And generally no experience with politics, like, at all.
Halpo has said that he's going to be playing them as they were meant to be seen as. Dumbledore is the wise, old, and very smart mentor who is completely good (not that he doesn't make mistakes, but does nothing out of evil intent), not to mention very good at politics.
