[HPforGrownups] DADA

[manawydan]

No: HPFGUIDX 68420

Valky:
>I agree entirely with the analogy of the alcoholic and the drink. I
>differ with the return to Voldemort conjecture however.
>I think Dumbledores reservations about Snape teaching Defense against
>the Dark Arts are about Snapes liking for the Arts. His affinity with
>using them, that would make him unable to teach this particular
>course without some dabbling in the darker side becoming a temptation.

I had a sudden irreverent thought here.

Maybe Dumbledore won't appoint Snape as DADA teacher because he's _really no
good at all_ at it! Apart from the scene in the Shrieking Shack (which
didn't exactly cover him with glory) we've never seen him in a combat
situation. His role with the Order is clearly undercover work. Possibly he'd
make a total pig's ear of the job and Dumbledore doesn't want to make a fool
out of him.

I'll leave you to wonder how OoP would have gone if Snape had been teaching
DADA and Umbridge had been brought in to teach Potions!

Cheers

Ffred

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