Snape's treatment of Draco (was: Re:Snape, Lucius, and missing DE's (was: Re: Snape and the Potters)

[personman46]

No: HPFGUIDX 47261

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Audra1976 at a... wrote:
> Jazmyn wrote:
> <<Hmmmm... May be that Snape will try to help Draco not make the 
mistakes he made, favoring him cause he sees himself as a kid?>>
> 
> Snape's treatment of Draco as interpreted by Harry and others may 
just be another misconception about him.  We are led to think that 
Snape just favors the Slytherins and especially Draco just because 
Snape shares the belief that purebloods are superior and because 
Draco is from a prominent, wealthy, pureblood family.
> 
> Now I'm not saying that Snape doesn't really have these beliefs (I 
love him and everything, but face it, the man has issues ;)), but 
perhaps Snape is also favoring Draco because, as Jazmyn asserts, he 
perceives Draco may be tempted to make the same mistakes he did, and 
he intends to use his leverage to guide Draco away from those 
mistakes.
> 
> If this is so, we should begin to really see it develop in the 
next book, as it *appears* that Lucius will be a full-fledged DE 
again, actively serving Voldemort, and Snape is on the opposing side.
> 
> Audra

Hi, this is my first post so I hope I do everything right.  My last 
post was denied, but oh well.

What I don't understand is why Lucius lets his son anywhere near 
Snape, assuming that Lucius knows that Snape is a traitor and was a 
spy against his cause (which all would have been revealed through 
the trials of the DE's after the fall of Voldemort).  Wouldn't he 
have used his influence as a School Governor to make sure Snape 
never even got the job in the first place?  You'ld think that Lucius 
would be afraid Snape would do what was mentioned above to his son.

-Person Man