Theory on the DADA-post's jinx

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 85389

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Florentine Maier" 
> <florentinemaier at h...> wrote:
> > 
> > I think the jinx could go something like that: "Everybody who 
> > takes the job of DADA-teacher will come to grief because of 
> > his/her greatest weakness within a year."
> > 
> > Cases in point:
> > Quirrell: Weak will
> > Lockhard: Vanity
> > Lupin: Being a werewolf
> > Moody: Paranoia
> > Umbridge: Imperiousness
> 

 
> 
> Jen R.: 
>
> Hmmm...I think this is very good! Don't know if you're the 
> first to theorize it, but I've personally never heard it before.
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> ...DD knowingly brought Lupin and the person he believed to be Moody
>  into a jinxed position. ...
> 
> I like it!


bboy_mn:

I don't think that the position DADA teacher is jinxed in the sense of
 a curse. That is, a curse/jinx specifically cast by a person. I think
it is jinxed more in the sense of being surrounded by an aura of Bad
Luck. 

Let's not forget that Harry played a hand in the down fall of every
DADA teacher since he first started school. One could infer that the
'jinx' on the position is Harry himself. Certainly, you've heard of
people who are a jinx; they bring bad luck with them where ever they
go. So, without Harry around to amplify their weaknesses, the DADA
teachers may have been able to get by.

I suspect that once Harry is gone from the school, the 'magnet' that
has been drawing bad luck to the job will be gone too. However, I must
amend that by pointing out that with the exception of Lupin, all the
DADA teachers were either incompetent or their integrity was seriously
compromised. Either way, they were corrupted in ways that almost
guaranteed their doom. 

Just a thought.

bboy_mn