Snape apparently liked Lucius once, and joined the DEs of his own free will, presumably, and perhaps thought tormenting Muggles and Mudbloods was fun. Draco seems to definitely look to Snape for how to behave--he doesn't jump in on Harry when he comes into the Pensieve scene. In class it's usually Snape who's being outgoing and putting on a show while Draco backs him up by laughing at his jokes on Harry.
It's funny, because I understand where people are coming from when they think Snape must be playing Draco, but to me that seems as strange to me as his genuinely liking Draco seems to them. It seems to me like they really would like each other and have a lot in common. If they were exactly alike maybe Snape would like him less. Even disagreeing on the Dark Lord doesn't seem like an impossible barrier to me. We don't know exactly how they would approach the subject--Snape is now working against V, but he called people Mudbloods at 15 too. Draco supposedly supports V but is scared of his name just like any regular kid. So they might actually have more in common on that score than what one would immediately suspect.
So it's actually harder for me to imagine Snape so smoothly playing a little boy for all this time. Snape was a spy, but in special circumstances I think. He joined the DEs honestly and then just covered up his change of heart. Whereas usually we're told when Snape is irritated with people. He's never nice to anybody that we see, so when I think of Snape trying to fake being nice to a kid he doesn't like I think...Snape? How would he even know how to go about that? Seems like he'd be even scarier if he was faking being nice!
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It's funny, because I understand where people are coming from when they think Snape must be playing Draco, but to me that seems as strange to me as his genuinely liking Draco seems to them. It seems to me like they really would like each other and have a lot in common. If they were exactly alike maybe Snape would like him less. Even disagreeing on the Dark Lord doesn't seem like an impossible barrier to me. We don't know exactly how they would approach the subject--Snape is now working against V, but he called people Mudbloods at 15 too. Draco supposedly supports V but is scared of his name just like any regular kid. So they might actually have more in common on that score than what one would immediately suspect.
So it's actually harder for me to imagine Snape so smoothly playing a little boy for all this time. Snape was a spy, but in special circumstances I think. He joined the DEs honestly and then just covered up his change of heart. Whereas usually we're told when Snape is irritated with people. He's never nice to anybody that we see, so when I think of Snape trying to fake being nice to a kid he doesn't like I think...Snape? How would he even know how to go about that? Seems like he'd be even scarier if he was faking being nice!