Uniting of the school by the Heir and the Slytherins in General

[gsanderson at cfl.rr.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 93614

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> So when Draco and his 'hangers on' get kick out of the DA Club, a 
few
> Slytherins will stay. Why? Because they are more interested in
> learning than kissing Draco's hairy... er... better make that 
stroking
> Draco's ego.

:) :)
> 
> The school will never be 100% united, but no society ever is. Yet 
the
> four house will unite under the DA Club and Harry's guidance, and 
when
> the time comes, they will stand together.
> 
> As a side note: I wonder if Draco will try and form a Slytherin only
> DA Club after he is kicked out of the DA Club?
> 
> The New DADA Teacher-
> Aren't we out of candidates? Last year (OoP) Dumbledore couldn't 
find
> anyone, and the Ministry had to appoint someone. I seriously doubt
> that Dumbledore will take anyone simply because the Ministry
> recommends them after what happened with Umbridge. 
> 
> So who do we know who wants to be DADA teacher, who is also 
available
> and knowledgable? I think it has to be Snape in the next book with a
> new Potions teacher to replace him. That has the advantage of 
allowing
> Harry to continue potions, but oo-la-la the fit Harry is going to
> throw when he finds out Snape is the new DADA teacher. It'll be 
worth
> buying the book just to read that one passage. 
> 
> Just a few thoughts, again.
> 
> bboy_mn
I agree that the DA will play an important role.  It is exactly what 
the Sorting Hat prescribed - except the Slytherin participation.  I 
hear what you are saying about the Slytherin's, but I haven't made up 
my mind yet. 

Hmmm...if this were last book, I would probably agree with you about 
Snape being DADA teacher.  However, JKR appears to have this formula 
of choosing someone we've never heard of.  It is hard to tell.  If it 
is someone we know, I wonder if it could be someone like Bill 
Weasley.  There have been hints that we would see more of him and he 
could help guard Harry - something I think Dumbledore will be anxious 
to do.  I can't imagine that DD would believe Snape capable of truely 
guarding Harry next year.  Even though he did the right things in 
OOP, neither he nor Harry were happy about it and that wouldn't bode 
well. JKR mentioned that Harry will be spending his energy on things 
other than becoming an animagus, but I don't think we've really seen 
that yet.  I wonder if we'll see more of charms than DADA next year.  
Prof. Flitwick obviously has more to offer and none of it has been 
explored.

Also, I believe that Harry will still be in potions under Snape - due 
to his drive to be an Auror.  Reading the owls section with potions 
in OOP, I'm guessing that Snape is a better teacher than Harry 
thought he was :).  Instead of seeing Harry's face going into a Snape-
taught DADA class, I would love to see Snape's face when he realizes 
that Harry will still be with him for potions.

Kristen