Forcing Voldemort's hand (was Re: Timing & the Dada position)

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 138887

> Jen wrote:   
> I completely agree with you.  I think DD gave Snape the position 
>  because he knew he was going to die soon and he always needed 
Snape 
>  with him before.  


But DID he know that Severus would function only one year in DADA?  
It's an interesting question.  The idea of the position being cursed 
is simple conjecture from DD, based on the fact of what's happened 
after he refused the position to Voldemort.  Now, he has pretty good 
evidence, but no proof that we know of.

Even if he did have proof, consider the situation.  He is placing 
Voldemort's "spy" in the critical DADA position.  Perhaps, far from 
being a way to ensure that Snape leaves at the end of the year, he 
sees this as a way to force Voldemort to remove whatever curse he's 
put on the position.  He is, in essence, forcing Voldy's hand.  Now 
Voldemort must either remove the curse or lose his source of 
information inside Hogwarts at an absolutely critical juncture.  
Dumbledore, meanwhile, solves the DADA problem, keeps Snape in 
exactly the same advantageous position (for the Order) he's in with 
Voldemort, and gains a DADA professor who is competent and 
(Dumbledore believes) loyal, if not a very good teacher.


Lupinlore