Quirrell

[Milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 15599

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., aprilgc at i... wrote:
> We've been discussing a lot lately the possibility that Percy may 
> become a pawn of the dark side <g>.  It made me wonder how prepared 
he 
> is for that possibility.
> My train:
> Gred and Forge are getting the same lessons from "Moody" as the 
Trio 
> are - even though they're not in the same year - but Percy's not 
there 
> for Moody's practical lessons.
> Lupin -the year before (Percy's last year) - probably gave the 7th 
> years whatever they needed, but would not have been able to make up 
for 
> ...
> Lockhart - who probably taught all his classes the same way as he 
had 
> no knowledge to give them and
> Quirrell - who knew things about the DA, but only had the students 
> doing book learning and was "afraid" of his own subject.
> 
> I don't think we know how long Quirrell was there, or the skill of 
his 
> predecessor.  I guess I'm wondering if Percy would recognize the 
> Imperio if someone tried to use it on him - and if he would know 
how to 
> fight it if he did recognize it.
> 

With the messages about Percy, I've been re-reading the books 
focusing on the Percy bits.

I think in SS/PS, Hagrid tells Harry that Quirrell took a leave of 
absence int he Black Forest and had some traumatic encounter with a 
hag and has been afraid of nearly everything since that time. It sort 
of implies that Quirrell has been teaching for more than one year.

:-)Milz