Snape as DADA, new Potions teacher? (was Re: It's Libatius)

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Lupinlore:

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But why does everybody think Harry will WANT to take NEWT poitions?  
We have already seen that his hatred of Snape has reached new 
heights.  And somehow I suspect he has more on his mind these days 
than becoming an auror.  I could see him agreeing to learn what 
potions might be necessary to fight Voldemort, but not from Snape.
 
That leaves the possibility that:
 
1) Harry just doesn't take potions (which I think is unlikely in the 
extreme), or
 
2) Harry is tutored by some third party such as Dumbledore or 
McGonogall or even Hermione.  This may not be all that unusual.  
McGonogall must know that Harry is not the world's greatest little 
potion brewer, yet she seems quite confident that something can be 
worked out for him to study for his NEWT.  Given that Snape seems to 
have an antipathy for all Gryffindors, this situation may have 
arisen in the past.


Alla:

Well, very true. As things stood at the end of OOP I could not see 
Harry wanting to be anywhere in close vicinity to Snape, but since 
as I said earlier I do see Harry in  NEWTS Potions class with Snape, 
I can add another speculative scenario to two of yours.

Suppose that Harry still wants to become an auror in HBP, 
accordingly he understands that he needs the potions NEWT to get 
there AND there is nobody else available to tutor him. Plot device? 
Yes, absolutely, but at the same time I don't see it as very 
contrived possibility that neither Dumbledore nor Minerva are very 
good at Potions.

So, what I am getting at is that Harry may simply choose to endure 
Snape again, IF he wants to become auror that badly. I am hoping 
that if that happens, Harry will at least not allow Snape to treat 
him as punching bag anymore.

Do I like such scenario? On one hand not at all, on another hand - I 
don't want to be deprived of Harry/Snape scenes. 

I would much prefer though to see Dumbledore or anybody else to 
tutor Harry and see Harry/Snape interact outside the classroom.

Potioncat:

Well, I'm not really sure if he will get an O in Potions.
It's just that if he does, I won't feel it's out of character or out 
of the realm of maybe. What I really think is that he and Snape will 
continue to butt heads.


Alla:

You know what? I think I may just agree with you on this one. :o) I 
don't think that "O" for Harry will be out of reaching. It is not 
because I think that Harry is a hidden Potions genuis, not at all.

I think that luck could have been just on his side on that OWl. Am I 
confusing? I remember my oral exams in high school. If I had to 
answer the ticket I knew well, I could get a very good grade, even 
if did not know the subject that well OVERALL.

I don't think that Harry is that good in Potions and definitely not 
better than Hermione , but I think that he is better than Snape lets 
him think and with some luck, he may get an O.


JMO of course,

Alla