A quibble with Quirrell WAS (Snape & DADA: hearsay, or a true slight?)

ravenclaw775 at aol.com ravenclaw775 at aol.com
Mon Jan 7 19:10:42 UTC 2002


No: HPFGUIDX 32944

>Quirrell (faints after mentioning a troll)

RE: Dissing Quirrell's job as a DADA instructor.  A troll, we find out later, 
he was in control of all as a part of his stuttering, scaredy-cat act.  We 
have no idea what Quirrell was like before he had his little run in with 
Voldemort - Hagrid emphasizes his brillant mind and the shame that Quirrell 
returned from his year abroad broken.  Percy says Snape's been after his job 
for years, implying that Quirrell has been in the position for more than one 
(unlike the rest of the preceding DADA teachers), which, considering J. Ro's 
emphasis on how young he is, is probably quite a feat.  In the final 
confrontation with Harry, you get a little more idea of who he might have 
been pre-Voldie, but alas, Voldie's right there in the back of his skull, so 
it's still not pure, unadulterated Q (which, as an friend says, is fine as 
he's one dimensional anyway - ouch!).  But I don't know if it's an insult 
that Snape was passed over for Q.  Now, Lockhart, YEAH!

Is there an acronym for Quirrell lovers?   We're a small group, but cultish. 
--
Chris
Writes Q fic on Fiction Alley





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