Definitely anythign is possible--we see hardly anything of these two characters together, and don't even know how much they know about each other. Or at least how much Draco knows about Snape. He seems to be lying to him about helping Harry, which is a possibly explosive problem.
Of course, the problem with looking at Snape's behavior toward him in class is that even though it's counterproductive that assumes Snape would therefore consider it bad. I mean, look at the way he treats Neville and Harry in class--he doesn't seem to have the best instincts when it comes to appropriate behavior for a teacher. I don't remember him overpraising Draco that much--he praises him the first day and makes Harry and Ron help him in PoA, but I feel like Draco is mostly just there in Potions class, that Snape spends more time putting Harry down than building Draco up--usually when he's making noise it seems like he's laughing at Snape's jokes at Harry's expensive, which could please Snape. I definitely think Draco really likes Snape--Snape's feelings about Draco are probably far more complicated. And whatever they are he could easily end up destroying him, it seems to me, given his own tangled alliances and all that.
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Date: 2004-07-07 12:51 pm (UTC)Of course, the problem with looking at Snape's behavior toward him in class is that even though it's counterproductive that assumes Snape would therefore consider it bad. I mean, look at the way he treats Neville and Harry in class--he doesn't seem to have the best instincts when it comes to appropriate behavior for a teacher. I don't remember him overpraising Draco that much--he praises him the first day and makes Harry and Ron help him in PoA, but I feel like Draco is mostly just there in Potions class, that Snape spends more time putting Harry down than building Draco up--usually when he's making noise it seems like he's laughing at Snape's jokes at Harry's expensive, which could please Snape. I definitely think Draco really likes Snape--Snape's feelings about Draco are probably far more complicated. And whatever they are he could easily end up destroying him, it seems to me, given his own tangled alliances and all that.