Snape as New DADA Professor

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> > vmonte responds:
> > 
> > Molly as potions teacher?  I would have never thought of this.  I 
> > know you are probably joking, but I would love to see a nurturing 
> > person as potions teacher for a change.  If DD thought that 
> Molly's 
> > life was in danger he might just put her at the school.  She seems 
> to 
> > set high standards for her children.  Maybe she was like Hermione 
> at 
> > school?  And I can see Neville really doing well in potions with a 
> > different kind of teacher.
> > 
> > Making Snape a DADA teacher would be interesting, but can DD get 
> away 
> > with using Snape?  He was a DE after all.  Still, I would like to 
> see 
> > what Snape's bogart would look like...
> > 
> 
> Potioncat:
> Well, only half joking.  She seems fairly skilled in many ways. And 
> we've reason to believe she sat her NEWTS.  Given the standards she 
> sets for the kids, I expect she did well at school.
> 
> Now, as to Snape as DADA...his bogart would no doubt scare all of 
> us.  But can you him teaching that class?
> "You idiot boy!  I said think of something funny!"  (and woe to the 
> poor student who thinks of a tall hat with a vulture.)
> 
> As far as his DE connections go, I seem to be in the minority to 
> think that if his DE background didn't keep him out of Potions it 
> wouldn't keep him out of DADA.

Antosha:
Mark me down in that minority as well, 'cat.

It seems perfectly reasonable that DD would turn inward to fill the DADA slot, since no one 
seems to want it outside, with good reason. I still think he might teach the class himself 
sixth year, (thus realizing our collective fears of his early demise) but....

I think Molly would make an excellent potions master. I think it's clear that she's an 
accomplished witch; she's been pressed into domestic self-employment while her large 
brood were growing, but now that they're all well out of the house, it would be nice to see 
her apply her skills elsewhere. Can you imagine how clean that dungeon would be? Some 
nice chintz pillows? A throw-rug or two? And Neville and Harry brewing up a storm? It 
would also get Harry around the must-have-O-on-OWLs restriction for NEWT-level 
Potions. I personally think he might have gotten an O--perhaps Neville as well--but you 
never know. I can see JKR putting Harry through the ringer thinking he's failed at his 
chosen career already, only to find that the rules have changed....