Snape's future (Was: Snape's other books)

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 140560

> Betsy Hp:
> Do you think Draco will *still* be snide towards Snape after 
> everything that happened to him?  Personally, I think Draco went 
> through a life-altering type of event while on the tower.  (Actually, 
> I think Draco's entire sixth year shook the foundations of his 
> world.)  The fact that Snape was so protective of him on the tower, 
> and that they'd had a good relationship to start with, suggests to me 
> that Snape could possibly be the one person Draco feels he can rely 
> on.
> 
> Also, I have a sneaking suspicion that Snape will try and save Draco 
> from making the same mistakes he made as a young man.  So he might 
> not *let* Draco push him away.  (Of course, this is all conjecture on 
> my part. <g>)

Ceridwen:
I also believe that Draco got quite a wake-up call during his sixth 
year.  And, I do think he's going to mull over DD's talk, and begin 
considering trying to contact someone from the Order.  Being a 
Slytherin, which means he would want to make the best impression for 
advancement with the OotP, he may try to at least morally distance 
himself from Snape.

And, I think it's possible, though I have no canon to back it up, that 
Snape's AK might have daunted Draco, made him afraid of Snape.  Draco's 
talked the big talk since his first year, but when it came to the 
crunch, he couldn't do it.  He cried in the bathroom to a Muggle-born 
ghost.  He was, apparently, losing sleep and having other problems 
because of his mission.  He was threatened with not only losing his 
life, but his parents' lives as well.  His introduction to the 
Wonderful World of LV was probably the worst thing to happen to him, 
ever.  Then, the person who's been a family friend and mentor just 
walks up, takes a good look, and AKs the guy who's just offered Draco a 
sane way out.  I think he may at the least be wary of Snape after 
that.  If he could kill DD for LV, then what could he do to Draco if LV 
is disappointed in the boy?  And, that last flight from the grounds, 
Snape was pretty well OTT.  Yup, Draco's world has been turned upside-
down, all right!

And at the same time, given that I do think Snape is DDM!Snape, I agree 
that he'll want to put the screws to Draco to keep him out of LV's 
clutches.  He'll have to tread softly at first - can Snape do that?  
I'd like to see another Harryless chapter featuring the two of them at 
the start of their joint exile, just to see how things are panning 
out.  Would Draco think Snape was horrible for betraying LV?  Or would 
he think Snape was trying to bait him so he can kill him?

Or... or...

Ceridwen, who is enjoying this.