DADA teacher

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Cindy C." <cindysphynx at h...> wrote:

Cindy wrote:
> I wonder if the DADA teacher in OoP will be . . . just the DADA 
> teacher, for a change.  <snip> I wonder, though, what kind of stock 
personalities remain for a 
> convincing DADA teacher.  We've had Quirrel-the-Non-Entity.  
Lockhart-
> the-Incompetent.  Lupin-the-Terrific.  Moody-the-Terrific-Who-Was-
> Actually-Evil.  Maybe the DADA teacher could be really mean, but 
> Snape already fills that role.  I'm running out of ideas.  Maybe 
> Karkaroff-the-Unctuous-Reformed-Traitor?

How about...Moody-the-Real-Moody-Who-Would-Probably-Be-Terrific-Too?  
He was still around at the end of GoF (all twitchy at the head 
table); he might be both ready for a position where he could feel 
somewhat protected *&* determined to stick by Harry and protect him 
(Harry); he certainly has the background/training; and Dumbledore was 
obviously pleased enough to hire him once, so why not permanently?  

Also, I recall that in an interview JKR said that Harry would get a 
chance to know the real Moody in the future ~ I suspect he would 
certainly get that chance if Moody stayed on to teach.

In that case, I would wager we'd have our non-evil DADA prof, while 
the position would still retain the quirkiness it's had so far.  And 
no introductions would be necessary ~ we already know how everyone 
feels about Moody, how Snape feels about Moody as the DADA prof, how 
Moody feels about everybody else (presuming Crouch remained that much 
in character, which I suspect he did), where he came from and what we 
can expect from him.  So that would take care of any excess and 
potentially repetitious exposition on JKR's behalf, leaving room for 
the introduction of a new face in a new place.  So to speak.

Erm, just a thought.

Dana