Trelawney / Incompetent teachers/Binns theory

[coderaspberry77]

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Valky:
> I had a funny thought while reading this post.... Recently some 
> members here have been putting forward that James might have once 
> been a DADA teacher at Hogwarts. Now if he was..... and if.... 
since 
> the position was made vacant it *has* been jinxed........ 
> 
> Big If's but its funny when you put it all together. 
> 
> The kind of Jinxes you are speculating here sort of seem like the 
> irreverent kind of troublemaking that James might leave as a 
> legacy "I woz ere" I think. 
> 
> I'd go further now that I am having fun and say it's probably a 
> simple spell to undo but DD is finding it useful and like the 
swamp 
> he keeps it anyway as a tribute to the man *James* whom he admires 
> for his bravery in life....

I too think the Dark Arts position actually suffers from a real, 
honest to goodness "jinx", but I can't believe that James put it 
there, even had he been the DA teacher, which I find suspect (I 
think Lily is more likely, having a good wand for charm work, since 
charms are often useful in fighting - Shield, Wingardium, etc.).

Also, I think if Dumbledore knew about it, he'd remove it - I mean, 
would he really have wanted his teachers, especially friends like 
Lupin and (he thought) Moody who'd been having a bit of trouble in 
their lives already, to come to the school and be jinxed?  I 
seriously doubt it.

I wouldn't be surprised to find out that DADA is actually jinxed in 
some way, and the most likely culprit, imo, is Snape.  Heck, enough 
people get chased away, the job HAS to be his sooner or later, right?

coderaspberry