[HPforGrownups] Snape?... A question...

[Allen, Rebecca]

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	Amanda wrote:

	It has also always seemed to me that Snape might also know that making everything easy for Draco is doing him no
	favors. Draco has had everything handed to him at home; now he's having things handed to him at school. His
	"survival skills" will be nil when he comes up against a real problem or challenge. I think Snape might be well
	aware of this, and might have less of a benevolent intent than most of you think, in indulging Draco so.

Thanks so much for mentioning this! I agree, I think Snape is doing Draco *no* favors at all in treating him the way he does.

By the same token, I think Snape is doing Harry more of a favor than Harry realizes just by being so infuriating. It's the same will power and self control that Harry (slowly!) develops in his effort to keep his temper with Snape that also helps him overcome Voldemort at the end of GoF. Snape's sadism is very trivial compared to Voldemort's, and Snape probably knows this given that he no doubt remembers V. at his worst from back in the day. Now I'm not sure if Snape's treatment of Harry stems from something like affection; it's probably more of a lucky coincidence that Harry needs practice in dealing with viciousness and Snape is all too happy to oblige.

Rebecca, who just doesn't see redemption coming for Draco anytime soon.


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