Snape & DADA: hearsay, or a true slight?

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No: HPFGUIDX 32050

Avonlea wrote:
> I think the whole idea of Snape coveting DADA is too much fun to be 
> just gossip - I for one will be quite dissapointed if it turns out 
> that's all it is!

Well, hmm, all righty.

An aside: quite frankly, one of the reasons I began wondering whether 
or not Snape actually wants the job, and what evidence exists to that 
extent, is because in reading summaries of fanfic (I haven't read any 
fanfic, just a bunch of one-line summaries at a massive HP fanfic 
site) I saw several summaries which indicated that the fics 
characterized Snape as terribly abused by not getting the job he so 
desires; or as having some sort of deep dark secret involved in his 
desire for the job, making his not getting it all the more poignant; 
and cetera. Which got me thinking, "I wonder why he hasn't gotten the 
job...and, hang on, come to think of it, I haven't seen anything in 
the books to indicate that his desire of the job is any more than 
student gossip.  Wassup wi' that?" 

I do want to hear (well, er, read) theories as to why he hasn't been 
given the job, but I'm also interested in possibly some concrete 
explication, especially if based on text, as to evidence that he 
actually wants it.  Not that the simple postulation that it's a fun 
idea isn't absolutely valid (:-P) but I am hoping there might be some 
substantiation profferred...?

Mahoney