Gone a while - question about Snape

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 154589

>>  Potioncat:
>  I like Halloween as the date. I really, really do. However, if you 
> look at what Trelawney says and when she says it, she had to have 
> made the Prophecy before Halloween.  That is assuming that what she 
> says is precise and JKR had done her math. 

zgirnius:
I think assuming Trelwney's statements to Umbridge in OotP about how 
long she had been working at Hogwarts are perfectly accurate is not 
reasonable. When a person says how many years they have been doing 
soemthing, they are not going to worry about a few months here or 
there. If she was hired in November after an Oct. 31 interview, she 
would have been working at Hogwarts for 15 years and some 10 to 11 
months, depending when she made the statement. Rounding up to 16 
seems reasonable. It would also be the 16th year in which she has 
taught at Hogwarts for at least part of the year. Finally, she was 
intimidated by Umbridge; I would tend to think that would make her 
try to claim longer tenure rather than shorter.

 
> Potioncat:
> It isn't a slip if LV sent Snape to spy on DD the night of the 
> Prophecy. For example: LV wants someone at Hogwarts. Snape would be 
a 
> good choice for DADA teacher, given his interest in the subject. He 
> isn't openly a DE and his Half-Blood status would make him an 
> unlikely member. 

zgirnius:
It seems to me that the same characteristics that might make Snape a 
reasonable person to send to try and land a job at Hogwarts also make 
it more reasonable for Dumbledore to decide not to take action 
against Snape when he is caught listening at the keyhole.