Shouldn't Snape hate Draco? Is JKR giving us a hint by having him not?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 84497

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "entropymail" <entropymail at y...>
wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nibleswik" <nibleswik at y...> 
> > wrote:
> > <snip>
> > It seems to me that there must be something else going on here. 
> > What could make Snape favor the child of a DE? <snip>
> 


> Entropy: 
> 
> This may all be part of Snape's spying game.  If he really does have
> to play "Malfoy's lapdog", as Sirius says, then it would be 
> beneficial for him to get in good with Lucius's son, as well. 
> 
> ...edited...
>
> Besides, if Snape is so skilled at occlumency and legilimency, it's
> a good bet that Malfoy may be as well .... So, the more "good" 
> memories Snape can create for himself regarding Draco, and the more 
> "bad" memories he can create of Harry, the better it will be for him
> if anyone ever tries to crack into that cobwebby brain of his. 
> 
> :: Entropy ::

bboy_mn:

I like this last part. Even if Snape's true feelings don't reflect his
actions, he is able to keep those true feelings masked by flooding his
mind and therefore his memory with images that are counter to those
feelings. 

He favors Draco and despises Harry which are exactly the types of
images and feelings Voldemort would expect if he probed Snape's mind.
Seeing what he expects to see, Voldemort would be unlikely to probe
further unless some specific suspicious incident prompted it. Seems
like the perfect cover.

On the other hand, I don't think Snape's natural feelings and
attitudes are that far out of line with Voldemorts. Snape probably
does see pure-blood wizards as superior to others. He just doesn't
agree with Voldemort's methods or ultimate goals. 

We all know that Voldemort has no true allegiance to pure-blood
wizards any more than Saddam Hussein has true allegiance to Islam and
it's principles. This 'purity of blood' philosophy is just a mean that
he uses to rally support, and control the masses. In the end, no more
than Saddam, he will always act in his own best interests, and will
ruthlessly seize, use and abuse power to his own benefit without
regard for whether it serves the cause of 'purity of blood'.

Like all good ruthless dictators, he knows what the people need; and
that is, someone to blame and something to believe; a rallying point.

So, my point is that I can see Snape and Lucius as being kindred
spirits; sharing common beliefs and attitudes. The difference is that
Snape has realize that turning the wizard world over to a mad,
deranged, self-absorbed, power hungry, psychotic, megalomaniac in not
necessarily a good thing. 

The reason Lucius can't see this is because he is blinded by the
wealth, power, and status he thinks being in Voldemort's top echelon
will bring him. Sadly, once Voldemort is in power, and Lucius
discovers that his life of priviledge is really the priviledge to be
tortured by Voldemort on a whim, and spending the rest of his life
kiss the scalely backide of a dictator while the wizard world and it's
economy deteriorate into the worst depression in wizarding history, it
will be too late to do anything about it.

The one lesson dictators through out history have failed to learn is
that tyanny and oppression are never prosperous.

I find Snape and Lucius's friendship very believable. They share a
common theoretical philosophy, but the differ in applied philosophy.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn