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

[princesspeaette]

No: HPFGUIDX 77300

Buttercup:

 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?
> 
  

Margaret (me):

You may be on to something with this.  It's quite possible that Snape 
sees Malfoy as what he wanted to be in school, but wasn't.  Draco has 
money, parents with influence, he's popular, he doesn't seem to get 
picked on much (in fact he's usually doing the bullying), he's 
(presumably, I know there's still House debate) in the same house 
Snape was in as a student.  He could be living vicariously through 
Draco as much as Sirius was through Harry.  I hope he realizes at 
some point that Draco Malfoy's a hudred times worse than James Potter 
ever was.

~Margaret

Who fears her newfound fondness of Snape after OoP may be drawing her 
back towards the unfortunate tendency she used to have of 
sympathizing with the dark mysterious type and defending him to the 
bitter death.