I See No Difference (was Re: Draco is quite the wizard

[potioncat]

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> Alla:
> 
> Okay, wasting my third post of the day, but that is  what we now 
call his way of ignoring the incident?

Potioncat:
I am reduced to tears! You consider replying to my posts a waste of 
your post?......(I'm teasing...on the other hand, it may explain why 
so few of my posts are ever responded to...OK, now I'm whining)


> Alla:
> I thought that is what calls continiuous favoring of the Slytherins?
> 
> Wasn't him ignoring Slytherin hexing Gryffindor girl exactly that - 
> **favoring** Slytherins?
> 
> I mean, ignoring is when nobody punished, not when guilty is not 
> punished. when guilty is not punished I call it favoritism. Am I 
> missing something here?

Potioncat:
Snape favors the Slytherins. No arguement there. At least he does 
where Quidditch is concerned. I don't think he does where academics 
are concerned. I don't think he coddles Draco where academics are 
concerned, and may have taught him a few spells (we don't know who 
taught Draco the snake spell from the dueling club.)

In this one case, Snape comes out and stops a ruckus. He asks what 
happens and chooses Draco to speak. If you ask me, he isn't 
particularly "nice" to Draco at that moment. Imagine how Harry would 
feel if Snape if pointed his long yellow finger at him. Or even if 
McGonagall had done so. I'm not sure Draco is at ease. Notice, quite 
a bit is going on "behind" Snape's back for the next few paragraphs. 
I'm not sure the Slytherins are certain of what they can really get 
away with.

Personally, I find "I see no difference" just as disturbing as the 
Pensieve incident between James and Severus. But it is also very much 
like the eyebrow incident in nature.

 
> Potioncat then:
 I think it's noteworthy that he doesn't tack on any 
> extra punishment to Harry for the duel. (This is Snape, you know.)


Potioncat now:
I mean, he could have, being the nasty git he is, punished Harry for 
attacking Draco and also punished Harry and Ron for disrespect. (I 
don't mean it would be fair, I mean, he didn't do it.)

Now, what if this had been Minerva? We've seen her reaction when 
someone (Harry) attacks someone else (Draco) for saying something 
mean. She does not condone fighting when it is against name calling 
and Harry did draw his wand first. A very good argument could be made 
that Draco is defending himself.

I think she would have sent Goyle and Hermione to the hospital wing, 
and punished Harry. She might also have punished Draco for his anti-
Muggle speech---although I'm not certain about that.

Different slant, and I'll need some help here if any Snape supporters 
are around.

Snape shows up quite often when Draco and Harry are about to rumble. 
He doesn't always appear--for example when Ron misfired the slug 
curse. So, does he show up at the convenience of the author, or is he 
watching out for Draco and/or Harry? The times I can remember concern 
Draco and Neville (GoF? or OoP?), Draco and Harry at the end of the 
OoP, Harry and Draco in the bathroom HBP. He generally does something 
unfair to Gryffindor/Harry, but he does stop the incident. 

Potioncat, who thinks Harry was justified in pulling his wand on 
Draco, and who thinks Harry and the twins were justified in attacking 
Draco in OoP---but that's my old-timey Southern roots showing.