Why does Snape like Malfoy?

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No: HPFGUIDX 28213

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Cindy C." <cynthiaanncoe at h...> wrote:
> > 
> > Sara suggested:
> > 
> > <<We also don't know for 
> > sure that Snape is really good. It has been said that he returned 
> to 
> > the good side and became a spy for Dumbledore at great personal 
> risk 
> > to himself, but some of his actions have been puzzling if he 
really 
> > is on the good side. Another thing I've just thought of is, 
there's 
> a 
> > possiblity that Lucius didn't know Snape was spying while he was 
a 
> > Death Eater, and by giving Draco a frosty reception Lucius' 
> > suspicions could be raised as I would imagine Draco would be the 
> > first to send an owl home slagging off anyone that wasn't nice to 
> > him.>>
> > 
> Blaise wrote:
> 
> > I agree with most of these ideas.  The question of why Snape 
likes 
> > Malfoy so much has puzzled me on numerous occasions.  
> 
> <snip good reasons for Snape's treatment of Malfoy>
> 
> I would support Sara's suggestion that 
> > Snape wants to keep his Death Eater street-cred by favouring the 
> > child of a presumably powerful Death Eater.  
> 
> 
> I would add that Snape has to give the impression to Draco that 
Snape 
> is in Voldemort's camp.  We know from Karkarov's testimony in the 
> Pensieve that Snape has been successful at cultivating an image of 
> being a DE spying on Dumbledore for Voldemort.  Karkarov tries to 
win 
> release by revealing a Big Secret that Snape is a DE.  That 
suggests 
> that Karkarov (and possibly other DEs and Voldemort) used to 
believe 
> that Snape was spying for the Dark side.  Karkarov's attempts to 
call 
> Snape's attention to the mark on his arm suggests that, 15 years 
> later, Karkarov still believes Snape is a DE spy for Voldemort.  So 
> if Snape were openly hostile to Draco, that would be inconsistent 
> with his attempt to present himself to Voldemort as spying for 
> Voldemort, although he's really spying for Dumbledore.
> 
> Cindy (who wonders how Snape can keep all of this straight

I agree with all of the above, but also wonder if Lucius might be the 
same age as Snape and the Marauders, attending Hogwarts with them.  
Might they have some ties that go back to their school days?

Leslie