Why Didn't Draco Identify Harry At Malfoy Manor Extended + Updated Version 

when you realize that harry is only alive because of the malfoys

Draco is actually a true Slytherin: cunning and strategic thinker, showing bravery in a non-showy way

Kinda drunk right now, but I think the fact that Draco saw a Hogwarts teacher being eaten by a giant frikken snake at his dinner table had a big part in denying his recognition of Harry.

Harry didn't save Draco in return for him not identifying him, he would have saved Draco regardless, because that was the sort of person he was.

The boy who had no choice.

I think at that point Draco had become completely fed up with the life of a death eater and living with Voldemort and Bellatrix and dealing with emotional abuse by all death eaters

Remember Draco tried to be harry's friend in the 1st movie, but he crack a joke on ron in front of harry turning harry off.

I believe this was the turning point of the war. Draco’s hesitation to identify Harry on the spot was, in my opinion, the most crucial part to Voldemort’s defeat once and for all. Let’s not forget that Draco disarmed Dumbledore moments before Snape killed him which became another crucial part. It prevented Voldemort from being master of the Elder Wand as he, out of ignorance, assumed Snape was the master of the Elder Wand.

“Has there been a character who talks the talk and doesn’t walk the walk more than Draco?” Me: Yeah, his father, who will be hearing about this.

just one thing about this video: narcissa never "served" voldemort.. lucius was a deatheater, bella was but narcissa wasn't.. she was loyal to lucius and bella and loved draco but she was never loyal to voldemort..

Am I the only one that would LOVE to read HBP and DH from Draco's point of view?

I think Draco realised Harry was his only hope and so he helped him, just like Narcissa also helped him. Both Malfoy's wanted to be free from Voldemort

I think when Draco was a kid he was just repeating what he heard at home and when he got older and actually witnessed what the death eaters and Voldemort were doing it got real for him and he realized that it was wrong and he didn't want to be that way. I think the only reason he stayed with Voldemort was because Voldemort threatened his family. He even said this to Dumbledore. Rowling has stated that she wrote Draco that was to show the some people are bad, some people are brave, and some people aren't bad but are cowards (shown by Draco and his family defecting at the end rather than stand up to Voldemort). But I don't think Draco was acting cowardly, personally. For one thing, it was brave of him to deny he recognized Harry, but also, he was doing what he needed to do to survive.

I agree with you. Draco knew that if he identified Harry, at Malfoy Manor, he and his mother would be forever servants of the Darklord, in their own house. Harry was their only chance of surviving Voldemort. (He has already assigned Draco a suicide mission to kill Dumbledore).

I honestly don’t think Draco and Narcissa were bad people. Edit: guys this comment is old 😂. I wrote it when i was new in the fandom and I was clueless. So don’t come at me I know they aren’t good or bad. There it’s settled

I felt so bad for draco in hbp and can we just appreciate Tom Felton’s acting. Seeing him break down in the bathroom and in front of dumbledor really got me.

I think the answer is really simple: Draco has a heart after all & he really doesn't want to be Death Eater after all that he has witnessed. ;)

Draco was just a bully whose parents were wizard-nazis. Although he and Harry were enemies, they were school-yard enemies. In addition to maturing, he was suddenly faced with the harsh reality of the ideology of his extremist circle of friends and family. Having predictably adopted the bigoted views about "mud-bloods" from his parents is one thing, but the murder and torture of real people is quite a different beast entirely, especially that of your fellow student from school which you have known since you were 10. He was a jerk sure, but not a murderer. And although he and Harry had their differences to say the least, they had known each other since they were kids, grown up together at the same school and been through alot together.

You dare talk to me like that in my OWN HOUSE?!

Draco Malfoy: Frees Harry and his friends. "I'm the spy!" Harry: "Why are you helping us?" Draco: "I don't care if you win. I need Voldemort to lose!"

Draco got fed up, that's it. He realized Voldemort is shit and far by what he was told. He felt nothing but fear in that whole situation and didn't want to live like that. Probably was highly dissapointed with his family as well for dragging him there.

I think this was a turning point in the war. Had Draco confirmed Harry's identity, it would've been all over. Harry at this point wasn't ready to face Voldemort and he didnt know how to defeat him because no one told him that he was an accidental horcrux. Had Voldemort arrived that night, he would have killed Harry right then and there. Draco was the dark horse in the war. Voldemort didn't see him coming. 😉 Draco did a small thing that had a big impact.

Draco deep inside was loyal to the school. When he saw Bellatrix destroy the hall he was mortified.

I think it made him something like the magical counterpart of Dudley. He had always been bullying Harry, but in the Deathly Hollows he and Harry shook hands! Dudley even said he didn‘t ever think of Harry as being a burden to the Dursley-family. Surely, Harry saving Dudley‘s life from the Dementor-attack May have contributed to this change...and I read that even after the victory over Voldemort, Dudley and Harry visited each other - they didn’t have anything to say, but they got along in a special way of understanding. I noticed that there was a similar silent-understanding between Harry and Draco bringing their children to the HOGWARTS-Express. They exchanged looks and slightly nodded.... that might have been a nod in ways of greeting, but to me it sort of said now I understand what you went through back when we were these kids going to Hogwarts. Maybe even a bit of thanks or appreciation after they saved each others‘ life’s. They would -for sure - never become the best of friends, but there certainly was no need for words.

Draco didn't just save Harry by denying that he knew it was Harry, he saved the other innocents who were being detained within the manor. If he had confirmed Harry's identity, Harry *might* have escaped, but I don't think most of the others would have due to the surrounding enemy's numbers alone. Draco's decision to lie was indeed a huge turning point in the war.

If only they showed his redemption properly, he would have been there with Zuko as one of the best redemption arc

There should be a book on Draco's perspective

Draco like many was trapped between who he was and who he was expected to be

Crazy to think that Harry had no parents and yet was surrounded by people who loved him and on the other hand Draco had parents, yet he was lonely and emotionally abused.

The biggest part that makes this more than just 'he didn't recognize him bc of the face jinx' is because he hesitated to identify hermione and ron

because he loves him 💕 ... nah but in all seriousness, great analysis. i love how both draco and narcissa in their seemingly small acts of defiance changed voldemort’s fate in such a huge way. the love that the malfoys have for each other is so powerful, my favourite characters in the series.

If only the filming crew of HP&DH pt.2 didn't cut the part where Draco throw a wand at Harry. 😒💔

I think it just comes down to one thing: Draco isn’t a murderous psychopath. He thought he hated mudbloods and their allies but his heart wasn’t capable of the hatred required for killing or revelling in death. The kind of hatred the Nazis had for Jews, the settlers had for the aboriginals, the white lynchers had for black Americans. He couldn’t hate. He could only feel fear and desperation in the 6th and 7th books. He couldn’t be directly responsible for Harry, Ron, and Hermione’s deaths. He wasn’t capable of that. He couldn’t even kill Dumbledore to save his own parents. Draco wasn’t a good person but he was a far cry from evil. I know fans have very mixed feelings on TCC, but Draco became such a great father and a genuinely good human being. He rejected his parents’ beliefs and raised his son to believe the opposite.

Draco is a good example of someone who thinks things are nice in theory (no doubt from his upbringing), but seeing them in action made him see how horrific it actually was.

Honestly the story of Harry Potter from Draco’s perspective would be an extremely inspiring one especially for people born into a family with high expectations

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I think you covered all the main psychological influences of Draco. It's hard to support a person who reduces your idol, your father, into a broken shell AND knowing that you were marked for death. There is the issue of what Fenrir Grayback did to Draco on Voldemort's orders, but whether a large or small scare, it is just another drop in this "this isn't glory" bucket that has been accumulating since Draco watched a Hogwarts teacher murdered and eaten by a snake. Draco has the delusion of grandeur, a ruling class of wizards that are worthy of praise and genuflection of the "lesser". Once that fantasy is permanently destroyed, there is remorse, regret, and helplessness. Attempting to save Harry is one of the first times Draco is able to ACT. It's not that he's gone all noble and humble, but Draco can't be party to the evil of Voldemort any longer.

I remember feeling like Draco loathed his father more as he saw him falling apart

Dumbledore seem to calculate down to the smallest detail things that would seem impossible. He demonstrates this on a number of occasions throughout the series.I believe that the events that lead up to Draco's change of heart were accounted for be Dumbledore. Dumbledore new that Draco would start to break, when he would start to break and how. Another example of this is after Ron and company freed Harry from the Dersely''s bars on his windows and they went to the Weasly's house, Harry's school notification was sent to the Weasly's house at Harry's trial, Dumbledore just happens to show up several hours early without being notified that the time of Harry's trial and moved up.The situation with Draco seems to fit that category. He knew that Draco would confront him and he deliberately became disarmed so that Draco would become the master of the Elder Wand and he knew that Harry would win a a fight for another wand making Harrythe master of the Elder wand. Draco wanted power and glory but when push came to shove, he realized he wasn't evil and Dumbledore new that about Draco and planned accordingly.

Like his mother, Draco was done with Voldemort and his Death Eaters, and he wasn't going to do their bidding any longer.

I always thought this moment could be traced back to their first meeting in Diagon Alley, to the friendship that almost was but wasn't, I thought Draco wondered if he would be were Ron and Hermoine were, at that moment, if only he wasn't who he was, if only he chosen differently. I genuinely thought it was a what if moment.

Great analysis! Draco’s heart was changing, and that moment in the manor showed great bravery on his part for making the decision he did. Reminds me of Dumbledore’s quote about how it’s our decisions that make us. Ppl call him the boy who had no choice. But ultimately he did have a choice..and made it that night to save Harry. It did indeed make a difference in the war.

It reminds me of Regulus Black. He was looking forward to joining the death eaters, he was also 16 just like Draco. Although once he realised what the life of a death eater was like he decided he didn’t like it anymore and it wasn’t worth it (goes on to discover horcrux secret) Regulus was even described to be like Draco, both young and didn’t know what they were actually doing .

Draco didn’t identify Harry because part of him has softened towards his school mate, even if they’re not friends he knew Harry since they were kids, and he was still young and his heart hasn’t totally hardened. In the deathly hollows when his parents called him to join them he was so hesitant because he watched all of the kids he grew up around get hurt and killed, and his heart broke a little knowing what following Voldemort is really about.

Dumbledore said in the 3rd book "A life's debt will always pay back either it's now or later" It happened Harry saved Peter in the 3rd book and Peter saved Harry in the 7th book Draco saved Harry in Malfoy manner and Harry saved him in the room of requirement.

Of course he did it because he secretly wanted Voldemort to die. He just went with the option where that outcome was more likely.

IMO Draco, even though he would probably deny it, sees Harry as a rival. Not only a rival, but a friend of sorts. Someone who he couldn't kill. Kind of like Ash Ketchum and Gary Oak. Gary acts like a total douche, but would still rather help Ash when their backs are to the wall.

I think it’s pretty simple. Draco actually ENJOYED being Harry’s rival. So much so, that he came to “like” Harry and what he looked at as a “friendly rivalry.” And when it got to the point he had to make a choice, his feelings towards Harry had actually changed.

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All boys look up to their fathers. Draco was no different. But as he grew up, he saw his father for what he was, and had no intention of walking in his father’s footsteps. The way he raises his son says more about him than anything else.

So basically he was a Regulas that wasnt a fully fledge death eater and survived

He was sick and tired of Voldermorts treatment of his family and he didn't want to be evil and wanted his family to survive and be known differently to how they have been know he realised all that Voldermord had done was wrong

So when it comes to Draco, at the end of the day he was a child who wanted his father's approval more than anything in the world. So naturally he recited everything his father said to gain said approval as most children do. When he got old enough to think for himself and actually saw Lord Voldemort and the horror he caused, he knew it wasn't something he wanted. I honestly think that Lucius spouted off so much throughout the years because he didn't actually believe Voldemort would return. When Voldemort did return, his whole character changed as well. I don't think Narcissa ever supported Voldemort either, but was trapped because of marriage and her family. I do think this was a turning point of the war, because it showed that even so called death eaters were starting to question what they were really doing. At the same time I think Harry would've escaped had he recognized him, because of all the other many times where it seemed like he was completely doomed, and the most random thing would happen allowing him to escape at the last second.

Drako has a good heart but his upbringing made him act like a butthole. When the time came to actually really hurt and kill someone , he couldn’t do it because of his Conscience.

Short answer without watching: He did know it was harry. He was just stalling because he didn't want to kill harry.

Draco wanted Voldemort to fail. That's it. He finally had to experience what being on the outside meant. To be one of the hated. He was all good when his family were the ones in jackboots.

You can not like someone, but you don’t want them to die. Draco also didn’t have a choice in anything and this was one moment where he could do the right thing and he did.

I always wondered how differently he would have turned out if Harry and Ron had been less defensive when they met. If they could have swayed him by trying to include him early on instead of rejecting him because of his naive devotion to his parent's beliefs. I kind of always felt some of his animosity was due to jealousy of their friendship & adventures.

Yes, Draco’s mother loved him more than she hated others, that creates a foundation that is harder to corrupt than you may expect.

Okay but how could LUCIUS not put it together seeing Ron and Hermione with Harry? He obviously knew them, and surely knew that they were likely travelling together. They shouldn't have needed Draco to confirm, though it's still one of my favorite moments in his story arc.

Draco wasn't a bad person, he was a good person who made all the wrong choices, like Dumbledore said to him when he clearly saw that Draco didn't want to kill him. Beautiful moment in the Harry Potter and the Half blood Prince movie

What if Harry and Cedric decided to go on the offensive immediately when Wormtail approached them at the cemetery? Could the two overpower Wormtail and destroy the half alive Voldemort?

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The manner that you go about creating your videos and the social, emotional, and intellectual integrity you show has instantly made you one of my favorite RU-vidrs. Thank you for your work.

Draco was a conflicted character tht had his parents views forced on him as a child and he was dealing with the expectations forced on him and his on views. Yes he wanted to hurt Harry and others but never actually kill anyone

Draco owes harry one for saving him from the fiendfyre in the room of requirement.

Loved your intro, and I clicked as soon as I saw the video. You always get my gears turning.

Please don't stop Dean. I love listening to your updated videos

He was never bad, it was his father who brainwashed him all the time! Deep down he always wanted to be friends with Harry He had no choice🥺❤️

Can you cover what would happen if somebody who is under the imperious curse took veritaserum (sorry for any misspellings) by this I mean if someone was given veritaserum when they were under the imperious curse and the person who put the curse apon them told them to lie. Which would overpower the other?

Draco’s introduction is wanting to shake hands with Harry Potter. This says everything

I love the new opening! Keep up the great work, man.

The Deathly Hallows was a book where SO many characters I despised found redemption. Snape, Draco, even Slughorn.

Two reasons I can think of: 1.) He knew it was Harry and genuinely didn’t want to see Harry die 2.) He was unsure it was Harry and was too scared to be wrong if it wasn’t him

I loved the new intro. Great video by the way I love every one of your videos. 👍🏻👍🏻

I like how you say to be happy in the end of all of your videos. It’s a really nice thing to here! Thank you! And I don’t think they would have made it out without draco or another turned death eaters help.

I think that Draco was one of the most important characters who, knowingly and unknowingly, helped in bringing down Voldemort on three different occasions. 1. He disarmed prof. Dumbledore making the elder want his own. (Unknowingly) 2. He lied about Harry being Harry in Malfoy Manor. (Knowingly) 3. He threw a wand to aid Harry when he jumped from Hagrid's arms when he had been pretending to be dead. (Knowingly) This last part was cut from the movie but it is there in the book and it would've been amazing to watch. He truly changed the course of Voldemort's victory. He was a true slytherin.

This makes Draco an unexpected ally as much as Narcissa had been. Wow!!

Great video! I really enjoyed it.

Found your videos the other day. Brilliant content

I wonder.... what would have happened if Harry accidentally killed Draco with the Sectumsempra curse?

I mean Malfoy is not my favorite character but a what if scenario sacrifice himself to save Harry would be a good redemption...that’s it....

With his ol’ “My father will hear about this”-headAss

Your special effects are getting better and better

Watching this game while heading to work...a great way to start the day!

I wanted to see if you were going to include and elaborate on the deleted scene of the 2nd wizarding war when draco ran infront of the dark lords face giving his wand to harry, that would have been very interesting

I love ur videos! Been watching so many old and new for like these 2 weeks!

One of many turning points, but a HUGE one! Great analysis.

Love you videos you explain everying so well. Could you do could a werewolf become an animagus?

I'm so glad you made this video... I've always wondered why draco lied and tried to save harry when he hated him so much.. i think he was actually growing up and gaining maturity and he could decide what's right and what's wrong Edit: thanks for the heart❤😭

These videos are getting better

He had a an excellent portrayal and in depth dive in the cursed child. I’m not sure if it is canon but Draco was a real treat in the story

Strange, isn't it, that the ones who expound the strength of purebloods so much, like Voldemort and Umbridge aren't even purebloods? Is it just the hatred they have for their muggle parents? Their beliefs that purebloods are better and since I'm so much better than those around me so I should be pureblood by proxy? What? 4:33 I wonder why Voldemort broke off the cane handle of Lucius' wand? Is it because he never intended to EVER give the wand back to him, even if he succeeded in killing Harry during the Battle of the Seven Potters? Did the Malfoys have to wait until AFTER the Battle of Hogwarts in order to get new wands? I don't think Narcissa could've got her wand back from Draco after the fight in the Room of Requirement Another thing about wands, if the wand chooses the wizard, then why do they change allegiances when the wands are taken from them? How can they get a new wand if their old one is lost, stolen or destroyed? How can someone use another person's wand, even if it doesn't work as good and efficiently as their own?

I think Draco could have been a kind person with the right upbringing. You can clearly see how the pressure of having to kill Dumbledore was taking a toll on him in the Half Blood Prince, he didn't want to do it but he tried to live up to the expectations of his parents and fellow death eaters, which was really all he had known his entire life.

Keep up the amazing work Dean :)

He is slowly turning good to that point he was never evil but a hurt boy

The Boy Who Had No Choice - Draco Malfoy

I think Malfoy's are part of the best characters in the saga especially Draco ( but i love Narcissa ) They do bad things , had complex morality but a interesting past and émotions and doubts . Voldemort i can't see redemption for his actions but he had a so interesting past

Awesome video!

Awesome vid!