Q: why readers love Snape (Was:Draco/ Snape parallels)

[christi0469]

No: HPFGUIDX 33379

> 
> That's another thing.  Dumbledore is scraping the barrel of DADA 
> teachers, wizard-world-wide("Oh, dear, we do seem to go through 
> them, don't we?"), while a very good one is available(according to 
> student scuttlebutt). And in the meantime, Harry is teaching 
himself 
> DADA, while most of the students are getting nothing.  And this 
> generation may need it most.  Why doesn't Dumbledore offer the 
post 
> to Snape? (rather than Lockhart, frex?)
> 
> Tex

 Let's look at the succession of DADA teachers. Quirrel was "a bit 
of a joke", but may have had that post before he adopted the 
stuttering idiot guise. Hagrid did say that he used to have a 
brilliant mind. Lockhart had an impressive, if completely false, 
resume. Lupin was just plain good, and it was a pity that he 
couldn't have stayed on. When the signs that LV was on the rise, 
Dumbledore lined up a retired Auror. Even though Moody turned out to 
be Crouch Jr he taught Harry usefull things. Hopefully the next DADA 
teacher will be even more impressive. Potions teachers might be 
harder to line up than DADA teachers, which would explain why 
Dumbledore kept Snape where he was. With LV's return we may see 
Snape teach DADA by the end of the series, as potions would pale in 
comparison to DADA. And we don't know yet that Snape actually wants 
to teach DADA, as the "facts" that students know about their 
teachers are often off-base.

 Christi