CHAPDISC HBP 15, The Unbreakable Vow

[quigonginger]

No: HPFGUIDX 152140

Carol wrote:
> So, IMO, Snape really is giving Crabbe and Goyle detention because of
> their dismal marks in remedial DADA, but he's doing so with the
> ulterior motive of thwarting Draco's mission. Possibly he's showing
> favoritism to the Slytherins by allowing them to repeat the class
> (though he certainly would not have done so if the class were
> Potions), but it's because, IMO, of the importance to them all of 
DADA
> this year. IOW, he emphatocally disagrees with Draco's statement that
> "*we*" don't need protection from the Dark Arts.
> 
> Thoughts, anybody?

Ginger, with thoughts:

I snipped most of what you had to say, because I agree with it.  I 
would like to expand a bit.

I think another possibility is that Snape is trying to get C&G alone 
in the hopes that they will spill on whatever Draco is up to.  We know 
(because Harry has overheard) that they have no idea of Draco's plans, 
but Snape doesn't know that, although I am sure they have told him 
so.  "Honest, Sir, we don't know."  Yeah, right.

Obviously, they are taking remedial DADA, and they aren't doing well.  
If they are the only remedial students, Snape could be making sure 
they aren't doing well by adding a rediculous amount of work to the 
normal courseload to be sure they are put in detention.  Just an 
outside thought:  In what could those two lunkheads have actually 
gotten OWLS?

There's a difference between getting an OWL and advancing to NEWTS.  
C&G are, at this point, just trying to get an OWL.  We know from the 
brochures from Harry's 4th year that there are jobs out there where 
one only needs an OWL in something to be considered for hiring.  
Perhaps C&G just need an OWL for their career plans.  Security troll 
replacement squad?

So Snape teaching them remedial DADA doesn't necessarily mean that he 
would accept them into his NEWT class.  OTOH, it could.

Or he (as DDM) could just have seen an opportunity to pretend to be 
helping the DEs but really be teaching them bunk that will make them a 
burden to LV.  "I tried, my Lord, but they are unteachable."

Ginger, cheering Carol on her summary.