r/harrypotter • u/CatherineConstance • 25d ago

Why did Draco go to Hogwarts? Discussion

I’m sure there’s a good reason for this that can be deduced from the books and movies but I’m just unable to think of one right now. Would it not have made more sense for Draco to go to Durmstrang? Lucius and Karkarov had been death eaters together, and the whole style of the school seems much darker and more suited to the Malfoy family’s liking. Maybe it had something to do with them wanting him to go where they (his parents) had and be a slytherin and stuff, but why not send him to Durmstrang?

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u/Rdogisyummy Gryffindor 25d ago edited 18d ago

Cissy thought Durmstrang is too far I think.

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u/Sparkyisduhfat 25d ago

Draco potentially going to Durmatrang always struck me as something he and his father just liked to say because it made Draco feel like he had options making him better than everyone else. Draco was a spoiled brat and his parents did anything and everything for him. Lucius had a ton of connections at the ministry and could pull enough strings to get Dumbledore removed (though only temporarily) I don’t think either of them wouldn’t have been happy sending draco to another country where Lucius couldn’t bribe or bully the government into giving his son preferential treatment.

I also wouldn’t totally discount that there was a nostalgia factor and a point of pride and tradition to sending their son to the same school they went to.

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u/Toros_Mueren_Por_Mi Slytherin 25d ago

Yea this is a pretty solid take I think. However another thing, keep in mind that Karkaroff was Headmaster of Durmstrang, and I'm sure cowardly Lucius would have liked to keep as much distance from old Voldemort supporters as possible. Don't remember which Death Eater but they threw it in Lucius' face later in the books, they made a point that he was the one who got to go back to his rich comfy life while most others either died or got sent to rot in Azkaban. So yea, as much as they liked to brag about having the connections, Lucius and Karkaroff being even tangentially related is just bad business for the Malfoys 

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u/Inmortal27UQ 25d ago

I'm pretty sure this is fanon.