[HPforGrownups] Re: James, a paragon of virtue? Was: Why Do You Like Sirius?

[Pyros Wife]

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phoenixgod2000 wrote:

>I'm not even sure why Snape's intelligence is ever in >question.  His knowing more hexes, an affinity for the dark >arts at a young age seem to indicate to me someone with >brains (and since Black comes from a family of dark wizards, >I'm sure he knew some also).  The man is a Potions Master, >he's a spy, he's a professor and he's Head of House.  
>The last two alone must be qualifiers of having brains, >since you are dealing with students (although his methods >leave a lot to be desired) all day long and then all the >House problems 24/7.  What qualifies a person to be Head of >House anyway?  


Tayla:

I am inclined to agree with Phoenixgod here, I happen to like Snape, there are things yet to discover about him, and that is why I like him as an antagonist (because let's face it, that is what he is more than Draco is) however we are also losing site of the fact that he has KNOWN many of the things that Harry has been up to, but he has been unable to PROVE it.  With DD helping Harry to get away with some of the stuff he has, Snape proving anything has got to be a difficult task to do.  He is a very intelligent character in the book, and his aversion to Harry runs much deeper than I think JKR has led us to believe.  With every book, I find myself more and more going "what is up with you?"  THAT makes for a GOOD character.


 
Phoenixgod wrote:
>I'm always surprised that there wasn't any secondary defense >of their house, like when Voldemort stepped foot on their >property, didn't any alarms go off so they could >disapparate?  That should have been James's job.


Tayla:

Unless I am missing something here, I don't believe you can disapparate carrying a child.  I could be mistaken, but if you could disapparate with a child, there would be no reason for portkeys and the Floo network, would there?  So even if there were some kind of alarm, where would you go, out the window?  It seems to me that LV came right in the front door, killed James, went upstairs and killed Lily and failed with Harry.  

Now, there could have been Portkeys in the house with an alarming trigger right?

Nora:
>Snape is *something* enough that Dumbledore won't let him teach DADA.  The question is, what how and why? 

NorthSouth:
Why does Snape want to teach DADA? (I think it's just beacuse what he applied for/assumed he would be teaching way back when he first started, figuring he was just the man, DE experience and all, while Dumbledore figured, for percisely 
that reason, that messing about with DA all day was not the best thing for him (Not for his students, for him. I think he did awful thigns a a DE that DUmbledore was tryign to distance him from.)And he;s just been stubbornly reapling for the position ever since)   



Tayla:

Does anyone ever remember where that nasty rumor about Snape wanting the position of DADA?  Think about this one kiddies.  PERCY!  Now, we know his acuracy when it comes to personality traits, but where was it ever said, other than Percy that Snape wanted the position?  I cannot come up with anything on this one, and I am going through the books AGAIN!  Besides, if DD didn't trust Snape with DADA, then why would he have allowed him to substitute in PoA repeatedly?  I have to say that I would rather chance things with Snape than have someone like toadlady in the school again.  The DADA position possibilities are obviously thinning out anyway.

Tayla