[HPforGrownups] Where was Snape

[manawydan]

No: HPFGUIDX 78425

Talisman:
>Talisman, who's putting her Galleons down on Snape for Defense
>Against Dark Arts Master in Book 6.  And I do mean Master.

I don't usually post on Snape threads but Talisman's comments reminded me
about something I've been musing about. JMR has said somewhere something
about the key to the story being in the books but no one having picked it up
and run with it.

It struck me that there is one element that's mentioned in all the books but
just passed over is the issue about Snape wanting the DADA post.

Before OoP we had a degree of consensus that this was just urban myth among
the students but we now know it's not.

Only thing I can't see is how his appointment would take the story forward
(after all, we've already had a leading bad guy in the post in GoF). Unless
it's tied in with more information about Snape's murkier bits. For example,
just what did he get up to as a DE? Did his hatred of James Potter lead him
to do serious killing? Is that what happened to Harry's grandparents? And
how James and Lily came to be part of the fight against Voldemort?

Cheers

Ffred

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