DD putting his foot down (was: Hagrid's Tale)

[sophierom]

No: HPFGUIDX 127898


> Janet:
> > There is one thing, though.  Dumbledore put his foot down when 
> > Lupin forgot his potion and endangered the students. He will 
> > undoubtedly put it down again if Hagrid tries to settle Grawp 
> > anywhere other than the remotest part of the Forbidden Forest.
> 
> 
> SSSusan:
> Oh, but he didn't put his foot down (that we know of).  Lupin chose 
> to *resign* once the news "slipped" that he was a werewolf, because 
> he understood that parents would not want somebody like him
teaching 
> their children.
> 
> Now, it *is* interesting to note that the line used in the movie --
>  "DD has already risked enough on my behalf" -- does not occur in
the 
> book. So, technically, it's possible that, had Lupin not resigned,
DD 
> would have put his foot down.
> 
> What do people think?  Would DD have done, had Lupin not
volunteered 
> to go?

Sophierom:

Dumbledore has been known to give people second chances after making
big mistakes ... Sirius played the prank on Snape and wasn't expelled.
 Snape was a Death Eater and was brought into the fold (so far as we
know!).  So, I would like to believe that DD would have given Lupin a
second chance, could he have done so. (It's hard to say what the Board
of Governors might have forced him to do; we do know, based on events
in CoS, that Lucius Malfoy has the power, in extreme circumstances at
least, to make major changes at Hogwarts.) However, had Lupin not
volunteered to resign, I would have had less respect for him;
remaining in his position would have made things tough for DD and
Hogwarts, and he realized this.  

Of course, had Lupin remained in the position, fake!Moody wouldn't
have been able to engineer the return of LV in GoF... And this makes
me think about the DADA professor in HBP (and I know this group has
speculated about this a great deal already).  Surely Dumbledore has to
have learned by now that he has to find an absolutely trustworthy DADA
professor? He's had two very bad years of DADA professors ... and now
LV is back at full strength.  Connecting this post to the thread about
HBP predictions and potential disappointments, I'll be disappointed if
the new DADA professor is a fraud or a danger.  Dumbledore would be
better off teaching the subject himself if he can't find anyone he
trusts.  

Best,
Sophie