Snape and the DE's (WAS OOP: Harry's Obstacle to Auror

[Tom Wall]

No: HPFGUIDX 67501

zebco wrote:
I think it [being made DADA professor in Harry's sixth year] would 
be put Snape in a very difficult position to be made DADA teacher, 
especially an effective one (and Snape wouldn't have it any other 
way) and still maintain his under cover activities. Wouldn't DE's 
consider this a conflict of interest?

Tom replies:
Well, we still don't know what Snape is up to in his spy role, do 
we? He could be doing anything, really, and might not be involved 
with the Death Eaters or Lord Voldemort at all. Lupin, after all, 
also vanishes on long trips while he's doing mysterious work for the 
Order of the Phoenix. So, let's be careful here and not jump to 
conclusions.

As for the idea of Snape as DADA professor and Harry continuing on 
with Potions under the tutelage of another Potions-master, I like 
that. However, if there's one thing OoP taught me, it's that we 
really have no clue as to how this story is progressing. We guess, 
and guess in bits and pieces: interesting observation: in the two 
polls we had on who would die in OoP, only 3.55% and 4.67% 
respectively thought that Sirius would be the one to die. We weren't 
even close! 

So, on that note, I can't decide whether JKR even wants Harry to 
*be* an Auror. I mean, let's face it - he hasn't put any time into 
this decision... he just said it for lack of any real decision, and 
he just sorta thinks it would be cool. It's like everything Harry 
does, except for Quidditch and the DA: he's not truly committed, and 
this is just an idea. Maybe he'll change his mind when he takes some 
time to really think about it.

-Tom