[HPforGrownups] Draco & Snape (Re: Wondering.... about Snape & McGonagall)

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In a message dated 10/22/2004 11:56:10 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
aletamay01 at yahoo.com writes:
> Potioncat:
> And it's interesting, Draco dislikes both McGonagall and DD very 
> much... I suppose because of the DE influence.  Certainly Snape 
> doesn't doesn't dislike either.  But I wonder how he keeps from 
> slapping Draco down at some of the comments he makes.  

(the following quote is mine, CHANCIE, not Potioncat's, even though it was 
included in the post Barmaid quoted for him/her)
> I have thought about this as well.  It's clear (at lest to me) that 
Draco is 
> hands down Snape's favorite.  And it is odd that Snape would choose 
such a 
> child considering his allegiance to DD and the order.  My theory is 
that it 
> probably has a lot to do with Lucius. <<<big snip>>>


Barmaid Wrote:
Isn't it possible that Snape sees some of himself in Draco.  We see a 
hint in CoS that Lucius is not really a kind and loving father. <snip>I also 
think that he may care about Draco, may relate to him in some way.  I can 
imagine a Snape that wants to win Draco over or at least be a person Draco can 
trust 
when things go wrong for him -- which they have now that Lucius has been 
exposed.


Chancie:
I guess that it is possible that Snape wants to be a erm..."roll model" for 
Draco, but I'm not completely sure that's all there is to it.  Draco has always 
seemed to be favored by Snape, from the start of year one.  Also IMO Snape 
doesn't seem like he's very sincitive.  He seems like the type of person who 
would rather laugh at your problem that help to solve it.  Well maybe not *laugh* 
exactly but maybe tell you to suck it up and "be a man" for whining.  

As far as winning Draco over... I'm not sure I understand what you mean by 
this exactly.   It's not as though Draco seems to distrust Snape in any way.  
Draco (again IMO) trusts Snape and relishes in knowing there's a teacher who 
hates Harry as much as he does.  

Chancie


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