Snape's job

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sugarkadi wrote:
 
> There's something in relation to Snape that I've been thinking 
about for a while and I'll post it now.  And I apologize if it's 
been discussed before, I'm fairly new to the list.  
> 
> Do we really know that Snape wants the DADA job?  I don't remember 
reading that anywhere, so if I've missed it just tell me and that 
will mess up my whole theory, but it's all good.  Percy says 
everyone "knows" he wants the job.  Often what everyone knows is not 
the truth(aka gossip).  Percy's theory certainly seems supported by 
Snape's attitude to whoever the teacher is, but what if his hatred 
comes elsewhere?  In SS, we know he suspects Quirrell, and tries to 
scare him into coming back to the good side.  In CoS, well, that's 
pretty explanatory(Snapes extreme hatred could come from the reasons 
that all the teachers dislike Lockheart, but also Lockheart says 
he'll brew up a potion and Snape goes "Excuse me, but I am the 
potions master here", or something close to that.  In PoA his hatred 
of Lupin comes from when they were boys, and whatever other unknown 
reasons that have been discussed extensively here.  In GoF, he 
doesn't like Moody because he used to be on the dark side, and I 
believe Moody caught him(can someone find this in canon?  I went to 
go look but I'm not sure where to look.).  Also, Snape seems to have 
a passion for Potions, talking about the "softly simmering 
cauldrons", etc.  
> 
> My point is, that Snape has had a reason to dislike all the DADA 
teachers besides the fact that they have the DADA job.  Anyone else 
have thoughts on this?
> 
> ~Katey

Ahh, you have hit the topic I am most fond and adamant about. I 
believe that Snape does not want the DADA job. Surely, he's good at 
the Dark Arts stuff, but I think he's *ahem* happier teaching 
Potions. I mean, he's supposed to be only 35/36, and he's a Potions 
Master (does anyone know what that's supposed to mean? Is it like 
having a doctorate degree in potions? Should we be calling him "Dr. 
Snape"?), and he's supposed to be really good at it. 

Percy and Harry are the only ones, that I can remember, who have 
said Snape wants the DADA job. 

Someone pointed out to me that in PoA, when Snape's substituting for 
Lupin, he says something to the effect of "It's time someone took 
this class in hand", and the poster used that quote as their 
evidence that Snape wanted the DADA position. Well, I think he just 
said that because the last 2 teachers were...who they were, and he 
hated/had a great dislike for Lupin. 

He didn't like Quirrel because Quirrel was extremely suspicious-
looking, he didn't like Lockhardt because Lockhardt was an idiot, he 
didn't like Lupin because they went to school together, and Moody, I 
would like to argue that Snape was somewhat *afraid* of Moody, 
because Moosy knew things about Snape that could, to quote Rita 
Skeeter, "make your hair curl".

I think that Snape just hasn't approved of the last 4 DADA teachers, 
and is perfectly content in his happy little dungeon corner, 
stirring a spoon 'round and 'round his favorie cauldron. 

-Acire, who believes that the potions master quote goes "Excuse me, 
but I believe *I* am the Potions Master here", and finds that quite 
scary because she has no canon and hasn't read CoS in 2-3 months.