BIll Weasley as DADA? (was Re: Krum as DADA)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 116156


Julie wrote:
> > But my best guess for DADA teacher in Book 6 is Bill Weasley.
> > He has the experience, and it's time again for a DADA teacher
> > who is not incompetent or working for Voldy. (Books 1&4 were 
> > the Voldy guys, Books 2&5 were the incompetent teachers, and
> > Books 3&6 are the competent teachers--Lupin and now Bill).
> 
> PS -- Quirrel!Mort (DE)
> CoS -- Lockhart (non-DE villian)
> PoA -- Lupin (Order)
> GoF -- Fake!Moody (DE) 
> OooP -- Umbridge (non-DE villian) 
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Carol responds:
Do we have any canon evidence that Quirrell was a Death Eater?

Voldemort, who does not seem to have known Quirrell before he
encountered him in Albania. (I'm not sure what form LV was in at the
time--another nagging question that I won't develop here.) LV says in
GoF that Quirrell was young, naive, and easy to shape to his will
(paraphrasing here, obviously). That suggests to me that he was not a
DE at the time, more like a willing victim who was seduced into
serving LV and sharing his belief that "there is no good or evil, only
power" (quoting from memory here). And LV, being little more than a
spirit capable of possession could not have marked Quirrell as a DE at
that time. Does anyone else have thought on this question?

Carol