Why *didn't* Dumbledore fill DADA post? ...Jaded Eyes

[erinellii]

No: HPFGUIDX 83583

 "laura" wrote: 
> > ... reading OOTP ...I found something ... interesting, ...in the
> > room of requirement was 'a large, cracked foe-glass that Harry  
> > was sure had hung, the previous year, in the fake Moody's office' 
(uk edition p346) Why would't it have been a nice shiny unbroken 
> > foe-glass? And why the connection with fake Moody? 
> > ...edited...


Reading this, I was struck by a random idea, which I'm hoping no one 
has already proposed (apologies in advance if it has been).
 
Vampire!Snape broke the foe-glass.  

Here is the relevant scene from GoF.  As Dumbledore, Snape and 
McGonagall burst in to the office where Moody/Crouch has taken Harry 
after the third task:
"Snape followed him, looking into the Foe-Glass, where his own face 
was still visible, glaring into the room."

This line has been taken as one of the key pieces of evidence by 
those who support the Vampire!Snape theory.  Why would Snape have 
been so distracted by the Foe-Glass?  Simple!  Because, as a vampire, 
it's been years since he's seen his reflection in a mirror, and the 
Foe-Glass enables him to do this.  However, he is only able to look 
for a short time before Dumbledore sends him off on an errand.

I think he came back later, hoping for another look.  But by the time 
he was able to do this, Crouch Jr. had been soul-sucked and the glass 
no longer responded to his enemies.  Thus Snape was not able to get 
another look at his image, and in his frustration, either hit the Foe-
Glass or threw something at it, causing it to crack.

Erin (who doesn't even actually believe in Vampire!Snape, but thinks 
the theory is sort of fun)