Shouldn't Snape hate Draco? Is JKR giving us a hint b...

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> > My point, though, is that if Snape has to choose between hating 
> > James Potter's kid and hating Lucius Malfoy's, he'd choose 
Malfoy's. 
> >Even if Snape hates Harry, he shouldn't favor Draco for hating 
Harry 
> > when he should see Draco as worse.

Cassie:
> Why, though? Again I have to point out: 
> 
> Snape is friends with Lucius.  Even if it is a false friendship or 
>he's just using Lucius to get to LV for information, he's still 
friends with him <snip>

Me (Cheekyweebisom):
But it makes NO SENSE that he'd be friends with Lucius. LV knows 
he's on DD's side, or it's at least a reasonable assumption to say 
he does, given what he said in book 4 about the various missing DEs 
("This one, I believe, has left me forever. He will be killed, of 
course.", or something like that). Why, then, wouldn't LV tell 
Lucius not to tell Snape anything important? That could certainly 
jeopardize a lot. And if LV warned Lucius, Lucius would no longer be 
buddy-buddy with Snape, would he? I mean, I suppose both Snape and 
Lucius could be bluffing, but it seems iffy. In any case, though, I 
don't see why we should believe that Snape's getting information 
from Lucius.

Cassie:
> Draco is a Slytherin.  Snape favours his students in his house-
Slytherin.  It 
> would be odd for him to single out and hate Draco. 

Me (Cheekyweebisom):
But there's a huge middle area between "single out and hate" 
and "make his absolute favorite", isn't there? Why couldn't he treat 
Draco like he treats . . . Millicent Bulstrode, or any number of 
less notable Slytherin types?

Cassie: 
> Maybe he does like Draco.  <snip>

Me (Cheekyweebisom):
Right. Maybe he does like Draco. But WHY would he? I think there's 
something JKR hasn't yet told us about Snape and Draco's 
relationship. And I don't think it's going to be revealed in steamy 
slash scenes.

Cassie: 
> I think you are suggesting that Snape should hate Draco because 
his father is 
> with LV, whom he is against. <snip>

Me (Cheekyweebisom):
Yes, that's exactly what I'm suggesting. I'm further suggesting that 
he must have some motivation beyond "I'm a double agent". Since 
that's the only motivation we know about, he must have some 
motivation we don't know about. The reason it must be beyond "I'm a 
double agent" is because he can't be a particularly useful double 
agent if LV knows he's a double agent, can he? (See above.)

Cassie:
> Are you also suggesting that Snape should NOT hate Harry because 
his father 
> with against LV, like Snape?  <snip>

Me (Cheekyweebisom):
Absolutely not. Snape can hate Harry as much as he likes. I was 
using Harry and his father to draw a parallel with Draco and his. 
I'm saying that Snape, who hates Harry because his dad was an 
asshole, should REALLY hate Draco, whose dad is a murderer working 
for Snape's enemy. That was the point of the Harry thing.

Cheekyweebisom