[HPforGrownups] DADA job (was Re: CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Chapter 29)

[Cindy Jenkins]

No: HPFGUIDX 116316

Hi everyone,

I haven't posted for months, but wanted to respond to the DADA speculation.
  Hanna wrote:
  > I would be surprised if Snape didn't get the chance to do the 
  > DADA job eventually, but maybe not until the epilogue (if he 
  > survives that far).  I don't think it will be in the next book
  > because of the potential awkwardness with his DE role.  <snip> 

I think DD is a likely choice.  JKR uses the DADA position as a literary device; I suspect DD will take it on himself and end up getting killed at the end of the year.  That only leads to further confirm that the job is jinxed.

Regardless, I don't see DD surviving book 7.  Having him spend his last year teaching DADA would be a nice exit for him, and would let him pass the torch on to the next generation.

I also feel the same could be true for Snape.  He finally gets the job, and gets killed at the end.  In this way he redeems himself for his past DE role.  And maybe (pure speculation here) that's the reason DD hasn't given him the job yet.  He knows that if Snape ever gets the DADA job he'll be killed somehow.

Nonetheless, my money is on DD as the DADA prof in book 6.

Cindy  

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