The DADA Jinx / Snape's secret?

[Marleen]

No: HPFGUIDX 110701

> > finwitch wrote:
> >
> >  2) It is possible that the DADA post IS sort of jinxed. Anyone who
> >  has taught DADA has had his darkest secret revealed; incompetent/evil
> >  ones get themselves hurt. Dumbledore would NOT want Snape's Dark Mark
> >  leak into the public...
    
> Valy:
> Also, remember's JKR's words: "Dumbledore thinks it would bring the 
> worst in Snape." Maybe his dark mark? Or maybe something else?


Marmy replies:
Someone mentioned maybe James Potter was the DADA teacher. That could make sense. Lupin always told Harry how proud his dad would have been of his(Harry's) Dark Arts ability, etc.

Snape came to teach when Harry was 1 yr old, he probably wanted James' position, now that he had died and LV was supposedly gone. 

I always wondered what James did for a living. Maybe the part of bringing 
the worst out in Snape was taking the class of "someone he disliked" (that being James). Interesting theory......