Theory on the DADA-post's jinx

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 85822

>Carol:
> > I wasn't thinking of his [Snape's] DE past, which I agree wouldn't
be a
> > detriment to someone with his intelligence. My concern is that there
> > don't seem to be many careers available in the WW other than teaching,
> > reporting, owning a store, or working for the MoM. He could be an
> > auror, of course, but where would he find a position that was worthy
> > of all that knowledge? Would an auror have ause for potions?
<snip> So what I
> > meant was, where other than the MoM could he go to use all that
> > knowledge and subtle intelligence? St. Mungo's, maybe? Anyone for
> > Snape as a healer? <snip>

Kathryn:
> He could set up as an apothecary for a start. I almost guarantee Madam
> Pomfrey doesn't make the potions she uses in her work any more than
a doctor
> in a hospital makes the medication he prescribes. If he sold mainly to
> places like St Mungos it would limit the amount of time he had to spend
> dealing with people. He could even set up with a partner (assuming
he could
> find someone who wanted to work with him - *raises hand hopefully*
<g>) so
> the partner handled the customers and the finances and he made and
invented
> potions all the time. I suspect that would suit him down to the ground.

Carol:
I like that. Snape could be to potions what Ollivander is to wands.
Remember the powerful sensation Harry felt in entering Ollivander's
shop of "some secret magic" permeating "the very dust and silence" (SS
 Am. ed. 82)? I imagine Snape's apothecary shop would have an equally
magical atmosphere, but less "prickly" and more intense, subtly
aromatic and darkly poetic like "the softly simmering cauldron with
its shimmering fumes" whose beauty too few students appreciate (SS
137). I still think Snape really wants the DADA post, but I'm glad he
has alternatives other than the MoM, which is much too mundane for our
subtle and gifted Master of Potions.

Carol