Was LV a teacher in Hogwarts ?

[Doriane]

No: HPFGUIDX 88676


Hi again all !

Here's another weird thought that popped into my mind.

I couldn't help but notice that many of LV's supporters were very 
young and apparently pretty much all in Slytherin while at school. So 
I've been wondering if maybe LV wasn't a teacher at Hogwarts at the 
time of the Marauders, and recruiting young, easily convinced 
supporters there ? More specifically, I've been thinking that he 
could have been Head of Slytherin. This would have given him easy 
access to the Slytherin students. As for the post, well, both the 
Potions Master one and the DADA one were available when Snape needed 
a job : maybe LV had filled one of those until then ?

That would also nicely fit into the Snape is a Spy theory : why would 
LV be bothered that Snape works for DD, if that's precisely what he 
had been doing himself for years ? Maybe he even planted Snape there 
himself, to keep recruiting for him.

Now, for the most obvious problems you might mention about this 
theory.

1. "DD would not have let that happen." Well DD became Headmaster 
only shortly before the Marauders arrived at Hogwarts. LV could have 
been hired by the previous Headmaster, and have appeared to be a very 
respectable teacher for many years. And even if DD knew something was 
wrong with LV, that doesn't mean he could get rid of him very easily. 
As we've noticed several times, DD is not completely all-powerful in 
his school. Among other things, he's got a Board of Governors to 
answer to. And telling them "I have a bad feeling regarding that 
teacher", without any proof, wouldn't carry much power IMO.

2. "People would have noticed". Not necessarily. Nobody noticed 
anything wrong with Imposter!Moody for a whole year. Also, I suspect 
LV would not have come back under his true name. He would have taken 
on an alternate personality. Maybe he even discreetly killed some 
respected wizard and took his place (I have full confidence LV could 
find a way to alter his appearance). And maybe one of those people 
who supposedly were killed, or disappeared, during the First War was 
in fact the public persona of LV, who discarded it this way when he 
decided to drop his teaching job. Hum, pretending to be dead, does 
that ring a bell ?

3... Well I can't think of a 3 right now, but I'm sure many of you 
can, so I'm waiting for you :-)

Del