[HPforGrownups] Shouldn't Snape hate Draco? Is JKR giving us a hint by ha...

[IAmLordCassandra at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 84565

In a message dated 11/10/2003 4:31:10 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
nibleswik at yahoo.com writes:

> Why does Snape hate Harry? Because he hated James and Harry reminds 
> him of James. Following that, shouldn't Snape despise Draco? I mean, 
> Harry's father was an asshole to Snape, but Draco's dad is a DE! And 
> Snape's the anti-DE, in some ways, more than DD is. I think Snape's 
> the ultimate anti-DE because he went through it; the most fervent 
> are often those who experienced that which they're fighting against. 
> But in any case, Snape's waging a war against Lucius, yet Draco's 
> his favorite? What the hell?!
> 
> It seems to me that there must be something else going on here. What 
> could make Snape favor the child of a DE? I can think of a few 
> things:
> 
> -Snape is still working for LV.
> -Snape doesn't know Lucius is a DE.
> -Snape simply needs someone to favor in each year, and Draco's the 
> most promising, future DE or not.
> -Draco is Snape's sex toy, and as such, gets preferential treatment.
> -Snape wants to train a replacement -- a Slytherin who can do work 
> for the Order. Who better than the son of one of LV's right-hand 
> men, provided he can convert Draco to the good side?

You forget option 6: 

Snape is a double agent who has made friends with Lucius in order to get 
information from Voldy's inner circle and "likes" Draco so no one will get 
suspicious.  Besides, he favours everyone in his own house-Slytherin-so it would be 
odd if he singled Draco out, especially when he is the son of his 'best 
friend'.  Keep in mind, as far as we know Lucius (or any other DE for that matter) 
doesn't know that Snape is working against LV now.   

Also, remember Draco is a spoiled brat.  XP 

~Cassie~ 


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]