Is Malfoy really Snape's favourite? **5th Book Spoilers**

[Nurvingiel]

Those who haven't finished OOTP yet... you have been warned.




Malfoy has always been Snape's favourite. Since the first book, Malfoy has been disgustingly favoured above other students, and that favouratism extends to the rest of his house.

However, now that we know Snape spies on the Death Eaters for the Order of the Phoenix, maybe he doesn't really like Malfoy at all.

I think Snape only pretends to favour Malfoy so that his dad has a higher opinion of him. Since he's a jerk, he actually does favour Slytherin over other houses. I don't think he likes Malfoy at all. Malfoy has proven to be a liar, a coward, and only gets decent grades. (He seems to do well in Potions, but how much of that is untruthful flattery from Snape? Maybe Malfoy's in Remedial Potions.)

I don't think Snape would even pretend to like a little git like Malfoy unless he really had to. And Snape does need to in order to get closer to Lucius Malfoy and the Death Eaters.