Potion Master supreme

[oiboyz]

No: HPFGUIDX 83374

"Mary Jo Neyer" <maryjo at n...> wrote:
> I have a suggestion as to why DD has not allowed Snape to teach 
DADA.  Perhaps it is because he cannot be replaced as Potions Master 
and for some reason, as yet to be revealed, it is vital for the 
survival of DD's "army" to have mastered certain potions.  We know 
that Snape is very skilled with potions, because only he is able to 
make the potion for Lupin.  DD is able to find others who can teach 
DADA, even if they all haven't been as effective as one might want, 
but none can equal Snape for his expertise in potions.  DADA is more 
glamorous, but perhaps Potions is more essential.


oiboyz:
That's an interesting theory.  And it's true that Snape, though hated 
by most of his students, is an effective teacher.  ("Well, the class 
seem fairly advanced for their level," says Umbridge.)  I've been 
wondering why Potions is a necessary class for an Auror to take at 
NEWT level.  Assuming that's not just JKR's plot device for keeping 
Harry in Snape's class, maybe there *are* some Dark-Magic-fighting 
potions that are going to be vital for Harry and friends to know.  I 
think it would be fun if someone got poisoned in Book 7 and Harry 
saved them by finding a bezoar-- nice flashback to his first meeting 
with Snape, eh?

No doubt it's been discussed on this list before (I'm new here), but 
I've always assumed that the reason Dumbledore won't give Snape the 
DADA job is that it would be like giving a drink to a recovering 
alcoholic.  Snape grew up immersed in the Dark Arts (or so it seems 
from Sirius' description of him) and has fallen under the dark side's 
sway once already.  The DADA job would require him to revisit Dark 
Magic, and he might be completely sucked back in.  Best to keep him 
away from temptation.

   -oiboyz