[HPforGrownups] Re: Theory on James and Lilly Potters occupations

[charme]

No: HPFGUIDX 107621

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From: "snow15145"

> Valky:
> "SOLD!, again Charme my hat is off."
>
> Imagine, *James* having once been a DADA teacher.
>
> ^^^Snape on this^^^ _growl_ 'What did *he* know about Dark Arts! *I*
> studied and lived it! (spitting) *Potter!* was nothing but a pretty-
> boy Quidditch Player!"
>

charme:

Valky, see what happens when I get obsessed? :)  Every now and then, a rare
flash of brilliance....but kudos to nihil for what I consider an excellent
first post that made me think about it :)

>>Snow:
>>I really like this theory!
>>Some possible canon fuel to ignite the fire:
>>OOP chap. Career advice- pg.670 US ". And Snape was just this little
>>oddball who was up to his eyes in the Dark Arts and James- whatever
>>else he may have appeared to you, Harry- always hated the Dark Arts."
>>I personally don't recall an instance throughout the series that
>>would have implied to Harry that James liked the dark arts so why this statement?
>>If James had been a dark arts teacher he was possibly teaching
>>the "defense" of the dark arts. Maybe that's whom Lupin learned his
>>wonderful teaching skills from.


charme:

There's other subtelties in canon which came to mind when I typed my
response to nihil (see above, references to that rare flash of brilliance
thing.) The one instance I visualized when I read nihil's post was how well
Harry led the DA in OoP.  Once at one point, he found himself planning
lessons in his head and actually rather a little excited about the whole
idea. (It leads up to the similarities between James and Harry:  Seeker
can't be the only thing)

Snape lets fly in a GoF tirade that James was so arrogant that he couldn't
listen to Snape when he told James about not trusting Sirius/Lupin....I
think it was GoF, but can't remember whether it was Lupin or Siruis Snape
referred to, so I'll have to find it and post.  Regardless, I wondered when
Snape would have had the opportunity to warn James that way;  I mean these
guys didn't really like each other and wouldn't be seeing each other in the
pub swapping magic stories, ya know? (That plays into another theory about
Snapey-poo I have which in unrelated to this particular thread) If SNape was
really spying for the original Order and DD, then if James was the DADA
professor....might be more contact there. Your canon, Snow, also adds some
more meat to the whole thing, now doesn't it?

About Lily and Potions....how long has Snape been the Potions Master at
Hogwarts? In OoP, I think he says 13 or 14 years to Umbridge's question,
doesn't he? You might on to something, Snow, however I thought Lily was
exceptionally gifted at charms....