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

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 138926


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.  
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lupinlore:
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.  


Amiable Dorsai:
Interesting notion.  I assumed--and still believe--that Dumbledore's
prime motivation was to put Horace Slughorn in a position where he
could be confronted by Lily Evans' son.  I thought that he was
prepared to sacrifice Snape in order to get the true record of
Slughorn's conversation with Riddle about Horcruxes.

I hadn't considered the possibility that transfering Snape to DADA
could have had a beneficial side effect.  Bravo.

Amiable Dorsai