Why does Snape wants DADA job if it cursed? WAS: Re: Snape again

[lagattalucianese]

No: HPFGUIDX 148838

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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen@> 
> wrote:
> 
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> > 
> > Still, the idea Snape's hubris & the DADA curse trapped him in the 
> > UV and brought down Dumbledore with him is just so.....Snape. HE 
> is 
> > jinxed. Harry may be wrong about this one, it may be the people 
> > Snape *loves* who end up dead, and because of his own costly 
> > mistakes.
> > 
> > Jen
> >
> 
> The idea that it was Snape's mistakes that brought about the debacle 
> in HBP along with a helping hand from Voldemort (perhaps) is, IMO, 
> perhaps the most...compelling, interesting, insert other word 
> here...outcome of the events of HBP. It makes Snape into a truly 
> tragic figure in a way that him being DDM!Snape (with a master plan) 
> or ESE!Snape can't really present. It also makes it...easier on 
> Harry to come to terms with what Snape did because Snape allowed his 
> pride and the cunning of Lord Voldemort to bring about the events. 
> In a way it's like Ginny in CoS and like Dumbledore said "older and 
> more experienced wizards have been hoodwinked by Lord Voldemort." (I 
> find there's a lot of cross over between CoS and HBP)
> 
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> 
> Quick_Silver
>
La Gatta Lucianese:

I like this theory very much, being a student of Greek literature. ;D

However, Snape falling victim to a tragic flaw and a clever enemy
doesn't preclude the idea of a plan worked out between him and
Dumbledore to deal with such a contingency. I have always seen this
plan as being more like a cat's cradle than a bronze tablet: "*If* it
becomes necessary to convince Voldemort that you are his man,..."
"*If* it becomes necessary to get you out of Hogwarts,..." "*If* I am
ever incapacitated to the point that I am a danger to you and the
school,..." "...this is what we do." This is where my own pet theory
of the reverse horcrux kicks in--convince the world, Voldemort, and
for good measure Harry Potter, that Dumbledore is dead and Snape, the
nasty traitor, killed him. You can bet that such a plan would include
wiggle room for getting Dumbledore (if he is still alive) and Snape to
a safe haven, and either securing the school or getting the students
and other faculty safely away.

I *love* the idea of Harry walking flat-footed into the aftermath of
such a plan and ending up with egg on his face--again. ;D