Draco-the-godson-of-Snape

[hanfastolfe]

Just because Narcissa Malfoy says Snape knows Lucius well and is Draco's favorite teacher does not mean he's Draco's godfather. Let's take Draco first. Since Draco got to Hogwarts Snape has established a precedent of favoring Slytherins. To what extent this is an automatic House-favoring thing versus a deliberate deep-cover spying technique is not

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[tweedledani]

You're probably right. Why would Lucius, or Narcissa, nominate Snape has Draco's godfather? I can imagine Snape having issues with Malfoy. On the other hand I'd hate to think that all his connections with the Dark Lord's followers came from angling for power and from the need to spy. We know Snape hated Sirius Black - which might have been due just as much to Sirius' rebelling against a class Snape is dying to be part of. HBP shows Snape isn't too close to Bellatrix either. I don't know if he's fond of anyone with any connections to the Blacks. Snape being Draco's godfather seems a crying out from some members of fandom for someone to appreciate and watch out for not so poor and not so misunderstood Draco. And I do want Draco to have someone - at least Narcissa seems to try to get him as much help as she can. (and I hope that in Book 7 at least Narcissa and Draco will survive).

Anyway, got to read more fics.

BTW the fandom cliche that always really annoyed me and which thanks to HBP is bound to come up less is the one with redeemed Draco following in Snape's footsteps as a spy. It just goes to show that some people in fandom want their bad boys both ways - a little pretend Death Eater. Personally, I think it's implausible to try to save someone by making them endanger themselves. (and I'm not talking about Snape who seems to have had little choice and seems to have defined himself by his role and hated Harry's upstaging him and questioning his courage).