Do You Think The Malfoys Deserved Punishment In Harry Potter? ( Photo Credit – Facebook )
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The Malfoys from the Harry Potter franchise always had a knack for slipping through the cracks, like snakes slithering out of reach just when justice thought it had them. They stood twice at Voldemort’s side, cloaked in privilege and pure-blood pride, yet twice they evaded the punishment that should have followed.
Born into arrogance and disdain, Draco Malfoy was more than just a schoolyard bully. He was a product of a house deeply embedded in dark allegiances and elitist rot. His rivalry with Harry may have started in the corridors of Hogwarts, but its roots stretched far deeper, nourished by old prejudices and familial expectations.
From House Prefect To Reluctant Accomplice
From the start, the Malfoy family moved through the Wizarding World with a toxic mix of entitlement and fear. They weren’t brave, but they were clever, and that cunning helped them ride the coattails of Voldemort’s reign while avoiding the gallows when he fell. Their actions were cloaked in self-preservation, not ideology, though their disdain for Muggle-borns and magical equality ran as deep as any Death Eater’s.
When Voldemort returned, they reemerged like roaches after dark, scuttling back into the fold of power. Draco, no longer a brat in robes but a boy teetering on the edge of true monstrosity, opened the door to death itself at Hogwarts. He was never fully committed to the cause, nor was he innocent. He nearly killed a man. He did bring danger into the heart of the school, and that’s not easily forgiven.
Yet, forgiveness came. At the Battle of Hogwarts, the Malfoys finally blinked. It wasn’t heroism but desperation. Narcissa’s lie to Voldemort, claiming Harry was dead, wasn’t born of loyalty to the cause of good, but a mother’s final act to protect her son. Still, that sliver of humanity was enough. They ran, turned their backs on Voldemort at the last moment, and somehow that was enough for the world to let them walk away free.
The Curse Of Comfort & Legacy
Later, we see older and quieter Draco standing beside Harry Potter at King’s Cross. His son is off to Hogwarts, and his past is supposedly buried under fatherhood and time. But even in peace, the Malfoys never truly let go of their legacy. Draco, now a collector of cursed objects, continued to live surrounded by the remnants of darkness, more comfortable in shadow than light.
It’s infuriating, really. For all their cruelty and the lives they endangered, the Malfoys emerged from the ashes of Voldemort’s defeat without scars. They didn’t rot in Azkaban. They didn’t lose their fortune. They didn’t lose their place in society. All they lost was the illusion of invincibility, and even that they seemed to regain.
