[HPforGrownups] Re: Real child abuse

[Magpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 145836

Potioncat:
In GoF when Draco first brings out the Potter Stinks badges, he does
it behind Snape's back, and I think it's the same time that Pansy is
laughing, also behind Snape's back. So while everyone knows Snape
takes Slytherins' side, there appears to be some restraint used when
Snape is around.

I'm not sure which book it was, but in one case after Draco had
messed up in a Quidditch game, he looked subdued, as if someone,
teammates or Head of House, had taken him to task.

Magpie:

Oh sure.  Snape has complete control in his class.  And Draco gets 
criticized or punished plenty of times. When he claims to have some special 
position he usually doesn't.

Amiable Dorsai:
>From Harry's first meeting with him in Madame Malkin's (where Draco
introduces Harry to Pureblood snobbery), to the very scene in
question, (the ferret incident)  Draco attitude has been that Draco,
and his family, and the "right sort" of Purebloods, are something
special-for example, the ferret incident was precipitated when  Draco
attempted to hex Harry in the back after Harry returned an insult to
the Burrow and to Mrs. Weasley with an insult to Narcissa.   Draco, in
other words, may insult Harry's honorary mother at leisure, but
Draco's mom is sacrosanct.

Magpie:

But Draco and Snape both seem to think that *Harry* walks through life with 
a sense of entitlement and gets special treatment, which is why they get a 
special satisfaction in seeing him get smacked down--and occasionally the 
school seems to agree with their pov on this rather than Harry's. Harry 
thinks Draco and his family and his house are the wrong sort.  Harry's 
insulting Narcissa doesn't make him any less angry when Draco insults his 
mother.

They've got more things in common than they think.

-m