Draco Malfoy is Ever So Lame

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No: HPFGUIDX 39178

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "irene_mikhlin" <irene_mikhlin at b...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Grace Saalsaa" <SaalsG at c...> wrote:
> 
> > In CoS, (book not in front of me) it says Draco is Snape's 
favorite 
> student.  And why would that be?  References are made to Snape's 
> ability to be very astute when he's reading Harry or putting a 
> sequence of events together that leads to Harry being involved 
> somehow.  If he's that sharp, then what does he see in Draco?  I 
> doubt that Snape sees Draco as the most fantastic kid in the 
school - 
> and he can't be so blindly loyal to his House that only Draco 
appeals 
> to him.  So what does Draco have the catches Snape attention?
> 
> Assuming that Draco is not totally stupid, may be he is just  
> genuinely interested in potions? After all, Snape appears to be an 
> adequate teacher, who is passionate about his subject. The only 
> reason Gryffindors do not enjoy Potions does not apply to Draco. So 
> it's not too far-fetched for Draco to be Snape's favourite student 
> just because he is good at his subject.
> 
> Irene

Uh, well, that won't work, 'cause Hermione is a better studnet than 
Draco (in potions, as well as in everything else) and she's hardly a 
favorite, is she? 

Naama