DD putting his foot down /Lupin and DADA

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> Potioncat:
> I've seen it suggested that DD hired Lupin at this particular time 
> because Black had escaped. As an Order member he could be an extra-
> special pair of hands. This, of course, presumes that DD thought 
> Black was guilty and Lupin was trustworthy.

Stefanie:
Had the Order reconvened at that time? I mean, he was a previous 
order member, but IMHO I think Lupin was hired as a personal 
protection measure. Black had escaped, had presumably murdered two 
of three of his childhood friends... I think this goes along with a 
possible tradition of "protection hiring" at Hogwarts.

Trelawney is hired after giving a partially overheard prophecy, 
Snape is hired after being outed as a spy (latter based on his 
account in OotP that he'd been teaching for fourteen years.) -- 
Hogwarts is touted as the safest place in the Wizarding World, after 
all...


Stefanie