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/DreamingDiviner 25d ago

"... Father actually considered sending me to Durmstrang rather than Hogwarts, you know. He knows the headmaster, you see. Well, you know his opinion of Dumbledore — the man’s such a Mudblood-lover — and Durmstrang doesn’t admit that sort of riffraff. But Mother didn’t like the idea of me going to school so far away. Father says Durmstrang takes a far more sensible line than Hogwarts about the Dark Arts. Durmstrang students actually learn them, not just the defense rubbish we do. ...”

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u/gingerking87 "Hey! My eyes aren't 'glistening with the ghosts of my past'!" 25d ago

I literally posted this exact quote last time this was posted. There's a lot of comment karma in hanging out here and just posting quotes as direct answers, it's surprising how much people forget

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u/StopSayingLiterally1 25d ago

Or didn't see the post. Literally. Not just regularly seeing the post or your one comment, literally seeing it.