Snape as Head of Slytherin

[Heather Moore]

No: HPFGUIDX 30676

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., dsslouisville at y... wrote:
> 
> >> Tangential to this:  assuming that Snape's fundamental loyalty
> >> =is= to Dumbledore (which as a Snapefan of sorts, I do tend to
> >> assume), I wonder if he and Dumbledore actually have an
> >> "understanding" that if anything does happen to Dumbledore, Snape
> >> =will= become Headmaster, therefore letting the DE's and LV think
> >> they have achieved a victory when they in fact haven't.  Can you
> >> imagine how horrified the Trio would be?  :)
> 
> In response to this statement, specifically Snape's loyalty to 
> Dumbledore and Dumblebore's trust in Snape (referred to both in GoF 
> and referenced in this theory that they may have 
an "understanding"), 
> I wonder why has Dumbledore never given Snape the position that 
Snape 
> so obviously covets...the DADA position?  Could it be that 
Dumbledore 
> is not quite so confident that, given a forum as controversial as 
> that one seems to be, Snape would use it in a responsible manner?  

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 Ah ha! You've been taken in like so many others.  The idea that 
Snape wants the DADA position is an example of what we might in this 
context call "received wisdom." Our only source for this alleged 
ambition of Snapes is a comment from Percy Weasley during the 
Welcoming Feast during PS. No adult has ever suggested that Snape 
wants the job, and in fact Hagrid reveals that the only reason 
Dumbledore gave the vacated DADA job to Gilderoy Lockhart is that 
*Lockhart was the sole applicant.* Snape might want the job, but fan 
consensus is largely that this is merely a student perception. You 
*cannot* take everything the students say as gospel.