Does Snape Think Of Draco As The Son He Never Had?

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 77201

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Buttercup <cathio2002 at y...> 
wrote:
> I'm wondering if Snape really likes Draco or is it a
> masquerade to conceal his loyalty to Dumbledore. He
> calls Draco by his first name instead of "Malfoy," as
> he does the other students he's not crazy about like
> Potter, Longbottom, Weasley, etc. I can't see Snape as
> a flawless liar 24/7, year after year.  Sooner or
> later even the best fibbers fumble and let's their
> true feelings slip. I think he genuinely has feelings
> for Draco. How about you?
> 
>

Geoff:
I don't recall him calling Malfoy by his first name. He certainly 
rfers to him as "Mr.Malfoy" in the "Duelling Club" chapter in COS 
and, in "The Boggart in the Wardrobe" in POA, where Malfoy has Hurt" 
his arm and Ron and Harry are browbeaten by Snape into getting 
ingredients ready for DM, Snape calls him "Malfoy" on at least three 
occasions.