RRe: Snape's Reaction to Harry assuming that he is a DE spy

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Kelly:
> I agree that Snape seems to hate HP because he is so much like his 
> father.  That makes sense to me.  What I do not understand, 
> however, is the favoritism he shows toward Malfoy.  If Snape has 
> indeed turned his back on LV and the DE, why does he favor the son 
> on a known DE?  It makes me wonder where Snape's true loyalties 
> lie.  


Lissa:

I've wondered about this too.

Is it possible that Snape sees a lot of himself in Draco?  A kid who (speculation) doesn't live up to his father's expectations, is being raised by a death eater, but has some brains and some guts?  Perhaps Snape doesn't want to see Draco go down the same path as he himself went down?  Snape's not the most intuitive of people- he's not going to win Draco's trust by relating to him like Lupin did to Harry.  This might be his clumsy way of trying to accomplish that?

Or maybe he does it just to annoy Harry, since we only ever see them together when Harry's around.

One of the most frustrating things is we don't see any interactions between Snape and Malfoy without Harry.  I'd love to know if they have any sort of student-teacher relationship beyond what Harry sees in Potions, especially as Snape is the Head of Malfoy's house.  (Not that Harry and McGonagall have all that close of a relationship, but....)  

I also like the idea that it might be because Malfoy's a brown noser.  Snape reminds me of a lot of scientists that I work with- absolutely brilliant... and wants everyone to acknowledge it.  They're pussycats if you stroke their egos, but if you dare insinuate they're wrong (especially when they aren't...) watch out!

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