James and Lily's Occupations

Brooke brookeshanks at mugglenet.com
Tue Aug 12 19:40:11 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 76736

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Serena Moonsilver" 
<serenamoonsilver at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kelly M." <coonkell at m...> 
> wrote:
> > > > > Joe asked:
> > > > 
> > > > My favorite theory regarding this is that James was the DADA 
> > > > professor at Hogwarts.
> > 
> > 
> > I never really thought about James being the DADA teacher, but it 
> > could make sense.  Maybe that is another reason Snape wants 
> > the position so badly.  He hated James and what he 
> > accomplished, so he wants to prove that he could be a better 
> > teacher in the DADA position?  Just a thought.
> > 
> > My first post in a very long time!  :-)
> > -Kelly
> 
> Now this is a bit morbid, but think about the how the DADA position 
> is cursed (I mean no one has held onto it for a year in the books.  
> Quirell obivously was into his second year, but we don't know how 
> long her was there).  Do you think maybe James was subject to the 
> curse of the DADA too?  
> 
> 
> Serena


I have always wondered why Harry has not asked anyone what his 
parents did for a living.  I would like to hear JKR's reason for his 
lack of curiousity there.  Since book four, I have thought the 
obvious - that the Potters were Aurors.  But since everyone seems to 
be so secretive about them, maybe James and/or Lily worked for the 
Department of Mysteries.  If one or both of them were Unspeakables, 
maybe that explains why no one ever talks about J&L's careers - no 
one really knows what the Unspeakables actually do.  Just a thought..

Brookeshanks





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