Why does Snape wants DADA job if it cursed? LONG

[Neri]

No: HPFGUIDX 148941


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> Lupinlore
> 
> > What's wrong with a soup of denial and arrogance?  Sounds like a 
> > perfectly good explanation to me, and one completely in keeping with 
> > what we know of Snape and the situation at Hogwarts.  In other words, 
> > its utterly and completely believable. It's also completely in 
> > keeping with the realities of human thought and motivation.
> 
> Sydney:
> Right.  So, watches 14 years of profs go, including two card-carrying
> minions of Voldemort killed and soul-sucked respectively, ignores this
> because of his ferocious desire for the coveted DADA parking space. 

Neri:
A nice post, but I think you should consider not only quantity here,
but also quality. Out of the five DADA teachers we have met, Snape
seemed to feel towards at least three (Quirrell, Lockhart and
Umbridge) nothing but utter contempt. He would never *expect* them to
break a curse put by the Dark Lord himself. Lupin was much better than
them, but not in Snape's opinion, if to judge by the way he talks to
him or about him in PoA. So out of the five previous DADA teachers
we've seen, the only one that Snape may have felt a certain grudging
respect to was Crouch!Moody, but I still won't be surprised at all if
Snape thought himself much better than Crouch.

After all, we see in HBP that Snape *is* an expert in breaking Dark
curses, including one put by the Dark Lord himself on the ring
Horcrux, and I can quite see him convincing himself that he is better
than all the past DADA teachers put together, and only he can break
the DADA jinx. It would be very much in character. In fact, a jinx
everyone talks about for years and years but no one can break would
make Snape want the DADA post *more*, not less. Just think of the fame
and glory in proving to the whole WW that he is the only one who can
break it. It would be even better than winning an Order of Merlin,
which after all can be bought with mere gold. 

Neri