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[oiboyz]

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"doliesl" <doliesl at y...> wrote:
> Or, there're more significance 
> to Dumbledore assigning Snape the DADA job: it would be a sign of 
> gaining complete Dumbledore's approval and recognition of Snape's 
> redemption. 


Exactly!  I would love it if Snape would do something to redeem 
himself in Book 6-- perhaps something incredibly unselfish to help a 
person he's always hated (Harry would be an excellent candidate)-- 
and that led to Dumbledore finally giving him the job in Book 7.

It's great that JKR has been keeping this thread about the DADA job 
going since the beginning of the series-- it'll have such impact when 
DD finally trusts Snape with the job.  I say "when" because it's too 
delicious not to happen, and JKR's been building up to it for so 
long.  Although she could throw us all for a loop and *never* give 
him the job.

As for the question about why Snape even wants the job, I tend to 
think it's what dolies1 said... mainly that DADA is what Snape is 
really an expert at.  We've never seen Snape duel, have we, except 
very briefly in the Shack in PoA?  Another thing I want to see in 
Book 6 is a big ol' fight with Death Eaters that involves Snape.  I 
imagine that he'd be a *very* powerful duelist; he could throw around 
curses like Cruciatus with a lot more power than nice guys like Harry 
can muster.  I'd like to see Snape save Harry's skin with a really 
fearsome display of nasty curses, to make the kids realize just what 
Snape's capable of, and how much self-control he's really been 
showing all these years by confining himself to giving detentions and 
taking points from Gryffindor.

:) oiboyz, one of those Snape fans