Q: why readers love Snape (Was:Draco/ Snape parallels)

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No: HPFGUIDX 33443

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "rycar007" <Ryjedi at a...> wrote:
> 
> Is there an acronym for not being able to stand all this Draco-
angst 
> stuff? He's a jerk, and the worst kind; I can't stand him, and 
don't 
> see him ever being "redeemed" or whatnot. Begging for mercy and 
> saying now, as he dies, he realizes his fault perhaps...but anyway.
> 
> -Rycar, proud member of L.O.L.L.I.P.O.P.S.


Well, I just look at it this way: what has Draco done that is really 
that horrible, I mean compared to what any rotten grade-school kid 
has done? He's called people names, been a classic "tattle-tale", 
tried to scare people, been ungraciously obnoxious, etc. But does he 
deserve death or nasty punishment? I don't think so. I think that's 
why there so much call for his redemption. Especially because he 
seems to follow in his father's footsteps. So many of us hate the 
Dursleys for their treatment of Harry, and want Harry to free himself 
from their miserable lives, so why can't we wish the same for Draco? 
His father has given Draco a different sort of child abuse: turning 
his kid into a prejudicial, rotten, spoiled brat.

His father, there's a different story. He deserves whatever is coming 
to him.

A Barkeep in Diagon Alley