CHAPDISC: HBP8, Snape Victorious (DADA job curse)

[mandorino222]

No: HPFGUIDX 146555

Sherry <sherriola at e...> wrote:
> <snip> 
> 14.  I have racked my brains and can't remember any place in 
> the books where it is stated as fact that Dumbledore did not 
> trust Snape and that is why he has never given him the DADA 
> post before.  Is this a case of rumor and gossip becoming fact
> over time?  Why indeed did Dumbledore give or not give Snape 
> the job?  Has Snape really wanted it all these years?  Did 
> you think about the DADA curse when you heard that Snape had 
> the position?  Was Harry correct in detecting the look of 
> triumph on Snape's face?  He hates him so much, that every 
> expression must be well known to him, yet his hatred may not 
> make him a very reliable judge of such things.  
> 
> 15.  How do you feel about Harry's savage comment that at least
> it means Snape will be gone by the end of the year? <snip>   


Okay, here's one thing related to this chapter that I sort of 
put together as evidence against ESE Snape.  Dumbledore KNOWS 
that the DADA job is cursed.  He hasn't held on to a person for 
more than a year since "Lord Voldemort's Request" (as we learned 
in the chapter bearing that name.)  Dumbledore obviously values 
his alliance with Snape.  He would NOT risk subjecting him to 
the curse of the DADA job UNLESS he knew that Snape's departure 
was immanent.  This leads me to believe that Snape had told 
Dumbledore about the Unbreakable Vow, and that Dumbledore gave 
Snape the DADA job because he knew that Snape would not be able 
to return to Hogwarts next year anyway (how could he, after 
killing Dumbledore?).

Thoughts?

"mandorino222"