OOP: Harry<->Draco, James<->Snape (Was OOP: Snape was Sirius the Jerk)

[Amura]

No: HPFGUIDX 62668

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Samantha <potionsgurl at t...> 
wrote:
> 
> >"ceathena" <Ceathena at a...> wrote:
> >What I find even more unforgivable is his favortism towards Draco.
> >While hating the son of his childhood enemy is understandable, why
> >would a reformed Snape favor the son of a death eater? Shouldn't he
> >dislike Draco, who has shown oblique support for Voldemort?
> 
> 

Harry and Draco reflect a lot of James and Snape's characteristics:

Harry as Snape:

1.Snape does not have a happy childhood, neither Harry;
2.Snape is the one being bullied, Harry was originally the one being 
bullied as well;

Harry as James:

1.Likes DADA
2.Has several good freinds

Draco as Snape:

1. Stigma on "mudlood", probably being blinded by pureblood prejudice
2. Always ends up being the one gets revenged (If Snape threw curses
at James was true...this could be the case)

(So my take on Snape favors Draco is that 1.he is about the best 
student from his house; 2.He sees some of himself in him )

Now, Draco as James:

1.Being rich;
2.Arrogant Wants attention;
3.Likes to bully people for enjoyment;
4.Stealing habit;
5.Walks around the school "like if he owns the place"

So I think Draco & Harry is like a mixture of James & Snape somehow 
reversed.

I also have a very uncoventional theory about Snape->Harry:

I think James is not THE ONLY reason why Snape hates Harry.
I was thinking about the BBC interview where JKR is being very vague 
with Lily/Snape possibility. If we assume that is true, Snape had 
feelings for Lily...

Snape did not go for it because he is a pureblood and he "hates" 
mudbloods, so Lily ended up with James. NOW, if Voldemort went after 
Harry because Harry was a half-blood, the situation would be:

If Harry does not exist, Lily would not be killed. And Snape was 
helping the murder who killed her.

That might explain why Snape turned to OoTP after and everytime he 
sees Harry, he reminds Snape's biggest mistake and this is the part 
he can not take with stride. And also explains why Snape hates Hary 
so badly.

Pure speculation...^o^

-Amura