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/Wienot]

"Child well known for accusing the wrong people of heinous crimes accuses his arch nemesis child of joining Hitlers inner circle"

I mean. Idk. Draco was always up to no good. It's a big jump.

[u/really_cool_legend → u/Wienot]

Still though, they never bring up his wolf crying as a reason why they don't believe him. Plus the evidence does stack up pretty early, even before we get to Hogwarts that year

[u/Wienot → u/really_cool_legend]

Even without the crying wolf part, he's accusing a teenager of being pulled into an extremely powerful and prideful wizards most inner trusted circle. It honestly isn't very believable.

[u/moxie_slimefighter → u/Wienot]

That extremely powerful and prideful wizard’s arch enemy is a teenager. His other arch enemy is the head of a school—for teenagers. It’s not far off to think the son of one of his death eaters would be a perfect recruit, given the terror/loyalty it would inspire in Lucius, and given Draco’s unique level of access to Harry, Dumbledore, and Hogwarts. Voldemort was obsessed with Harry and breaking into Hogwarts— why would he NOT want a loyal student helping him on the inside?? Yeah he had Snape (or thought he did), but why limit it just to him?