DFraco is Ever So Lame

[Grace]

No: HPFGUIDX 39187


Me:

> > > 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?


> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "irene_mikhlin" <irene_mikhlin at b...> wrote:

> > 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.

> >
naamagatus" <naama_gat at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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


Me:

My thoughts exactly.  Snape does appear to be a good teacher - although he
is a little bit rough on the students and their pets.  Perhaps its his way
of teaching DADA in his Potions class.    I'm sure the Dark Arts show up in
more than just hexes and spells.  It would rear its head in all matter
magical, and Snape, realizing this, could put the cruel "edge" to his
students to teach them to be ever mindful.

I don't think using Draco to appeal to Voldemort though Lucius Malfoy is
that plausible.  Voldemort had the opportunity to interrogate Bertha, and as
he said, he had learned quite a bit from her.  He also had the opportunity
to interrogate Quirrel who was a much closer and direct contact to Snape.
Quirrel could easily have sat there in the teachers' lounge, taking in the
conversations that were about Snape and passed his suspicious on the
Voldemort.  Voldemort is resourceful and cunning; certainly not stupid.

I think Voldemort knows about Snape being a spy and in the next book it will
come out.  Perhaps its Snape who dies in the next book.  I'm left with the
impression that Snape has the job of going back to Voldemort as the spy
again and is in peril because of the knowledge collected from Bertha and
Quirrel.

At the beginning of GoF, first chapter,Voldemort says in Harry's dream:
"One more murder ... my faithful servant at Hogwarts ... "

That could be read as:
"One more murder ... Snape, my faithful servant at Hogwarts...."

And in chapter 23, when he talks to the Death Eaters,

At the mention of Dumbledore's name, the members of the circle stirred, and
some muttered and shook their heads.  Voldemort ignored them.
"It is a disappointment to me ... I confess myself disappointed ..."

Could he be speaking of Snape specifically?

Grace




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