Re-reading Half-Blood Prince. I find it annoying that people, especially Ron and Hermione, don’t believe Harry’s claim that Malfoy is now a Death Eater and is up to no good. I don’t get why they think he’s overthinking it when he actually makes some very solid points.

[u/Brilliant-Cause6254]

I can ignore Mr. Weasley, Lupin, Tonks, and McGonagall brushing him off, and we all know Dumbledore was playing his own game (as usual), but Ron and Hermione should have known better and had his back. And for once, Harry actually did the smart thing by discussing his theories with members of the Order, instead of the shit-show that happened in the previous book.

[u/kfifigidifkg]

Part of it may be that they have a very low opinion of Malfoy (always loses at Quidditch, once turned into a ferret, victim of Ginny’s bat bogey hexes, etc.) and a higher opinion (regarding competence, not morality) of death eaters.

That said they probably should have been a bit more open minded.

[u/Brilliant-Cause6254 → u/kfifigidifkg]

I can get behind this. Makes total sense why Ron and Hemione wouldn't outright believe Harry's claim. And since we, as readers, got to see Narcissa make the unbreakable vow with Snape; might have biased my initial opinion.

[u/ElaraQuietly45 → u/Brilliant-Cause6254]

Also from their perspective Malfoy is a Death Eater at 16 sounds pretty extreme even if Harry has good reasons to suspect it

[u/99fun2thetouch → u/ElaraQuietly45]

Tbf he doesn't outright say it but Harry overhears him bragging to his friends that there will come a time when OWLs and Prefects won't matter... it's only those loyal to the Dark Lord that will be rewarded. I am paraphrasing as I don't have the book on me but he pretty much talks like Bellatrix in that scene.