The Timing of Lupin WAS Re: Dumbledore and Lupin

[Jo Raggett]

No: HPFGUIDX 109058


Heather:
<<<<SNIP<<<< However, it starts to seem less coincidental
when Dumbledore is the person who offers Lupin the powerful DADA post
right after his old scool-friend escapes from prison. Not only that, but
  Lupin is teaching his *other* old school-friend's Very Important Son
how to defend himself.
I can't see it explained anywhere the reason why Lupin was hired to be
the DADA teacher *that* year, and not, say, five years ago.>>>>>>>>>>

Aggie:
I hadn't thought of it from this angle before!  That's very intersting!  Do
you believe that DD hired Lupin *because* Sirius had escaped from Azkaban?
It certainly seems like something he would do!  Did Sirius escape *before*
Lupin was hired though? I would imagine it would take time for DD to go
through the process of hiring a DADA teacher.  Although Sirius had escaped
BEFORE the beginning of term as Harry heard it on the news at Privet Drive.
Would this have been enough time for DD to find Lupin and persuade him to
come to Hogwarts?  I'm sure that if DD thought Lupin could control his
friends once (by making him prefect) then maybe he thought it would be
beneficial to have him do it again!  Although he (Lupin) wasn't very good at
it  first time around! I think this is whsat happened!  It makes perfect
sense to me!

If this is the case then I wonder who DD would have chosen for the DADA
position if Sirius hadn't escaped!!