Curse of the Truth (was:Re: the Dark Arts Job)

[imamommy at sbcglobal.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 115997


imamommy:
Just a thought:  The DADA job seems to always reveal people for what 
they truly are.  In each instance the consequences came to the 
professors because of their actions.  

1. Quirrel
Had LV on the brain.  Was revealed, and destroyed by the extraction 
of said dark lord.

2. Lockhart
Was truly a gutless near-squib, who happened to be good at memory 
charms.  Was revealed, and found himself on the wrong end of a 
backfiring memory charm.

3. Lupin
Werewolf. Secret revealed.

4. Crouch!Moody
Evil imposter.  Revealed, got smoochy with Dementor.

5. Umbridge
Sneaking, conniving, backbiting, power-hungry witch.  Revealed, andI 
don't think she'll be climbing any more political ladders after a 
wild night with the centaurs.  Plus, backed the wrong horse (Fudge).

If anything,I think perhaps Dumbledore hires (or allows people to be 
hired) people to reveal them.  Possibly he has put a charm/curse on 
the job.  I'm not sure where this fits in with the ESEDumbledore 
theories (I don't personally subscribe to them) but if this is the 
case I am curious about his methods/motives.

imamommy

 --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "beatnik24601" 
<beatnik24601 at y...> wrote:
> 
> Ten'ou wrote:
> > The position attracts evil. Like when you
> > have a ley line that's turned dark, it attracts dark things to 
> it...
> 
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> Beatnik:
> My thought about Snape, was that he would jinx the position, in 
> order that he *could* apply every year.  The position would have to 
> be open for Snape to have a chance to be appointed to it.  I, also, 
> assumed that if Snape had performed the jinx, he would know how to 
> lift it once he was the DADA teacher. I don't think this has 
> anything to do with Snape being evil, just ambitious; after all, he 
> was in Slytherin!
> 
> Carol:
> > It's interesting that the position was considered jinxed even 
before
> Quirrell died, though he seems to be coming back to it after a 
year's
> absence doing practical research in Albania. He must have taught for
> at least a year before leaving. (Constance Vigilance, if she's 
> reading
> this, will have some ideas on the subject.)
> 
> Beatnik:
> This confuses me, too.
> 
> Carol:
> > If something as abstract
> and insubstantial as a teaching position can be jinxed, which seems
> unlikely, it would make sense that the person doing the jinxing 
would
> be a DE, someone like, say, Lucius Malfoy, who doesn't want the
> students to learn *defense* against the Dark Arts. In fact, if he
> hadn't given in to Narcissa, he have sent Draco to Durmstrang to 
> learn the Dark Srts themselves rather than defense against them. 
Snape, on
> the other hand, studied very hard for his DADA OWL and evidently 
knew
> the subject in great detail even as a fifth-year. It seems most
> unlikely that he would put a jinx on a subject he cares so much
> about--or agree to substitute for Lupin, as he must have done every
> month though we only see the one lesson, if he thought the position
> was jinxed.
> 
> Beatnik:
> Again, the reason I think Snape would jinx the position would be to 
> allow him to teach it.  I don't know that Snape really cares that 
> much about the students' education in the subject. The only lesson 
> we saw, the entire purpose of his curriculum was to punish Lupin, 
> and get him fired.  Of course, it's definitely possible that 
someone 
> else has jinxed the position, for example, someone who doesn't want 
> the students to learn DADA, like a DE. That is, if the position is 
> jinxed at all.

>