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

[imamommy at sbcglobal.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 116313


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "shallowdwell" 
<shallowdwell at y...> wrote:
> 
> imamommy wrote:
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> > 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.
> 
> Andrea:
> Ooo, well spotted, and I really like the idea of the curse being 
self-revelation.  And none of these previous characters could stand 
up to the revelation (with the possible exception of Lupin, who at 
least had the grace to resign before he was fired or shouted down by 
the wizarding world.
> 
> Now to extend it, what happens when Snape gets the DADA job?  Why 
the answers so many of us have been eagerly waiting for!  We get to 
really figure out who he is and what makes him tick.  (I doubt it 
will be pretty-- but just maybe he'll have what it takes to hold out 
in spite of what is revealed.)
> 

imamommy:

Perhaps this is exactly *why* DD won't let Snape have the job:  he 
can't blow his cover yet.

 
> Anyone else notice that in the HBP fax JKR is recorded declining to 
answer a question about whether there will ever be a DADA teacher who 
lasts more than a year?  She said it would give too much away.  Now I 
suppose its possible she just wants to keep people always in suspense 
about the fate of the current prof.  But I'm crossing my fingers that 
Snape will be the curse-breaker.  Especially if this self-revelation 
thing holds water.  That way, we get one year to reveal Snape's true 
character and one year more or less (I figure) to see if being forced 
to work together (without DD's intervention) can reconcile who Snape 
really is to Harry, and vice versa.
 
> Andrea

imamommy:

I wonder if Dumbledore might not actually teach DADA himself in the 
sixth or seventh book, thus subjecting himself to the curse, if it 
exists, and possibly culminating in his demise, which many of us feel 
to be inevitable.

imamommy