Snape and the DADA Job

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No: HPFGUIDX 157909

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...>
wrote:

> I take it you haven't been converted to the DDM!Snape camp?

    Actually, I believe in DDM!Snape. But he has to appear to obey
Voldemort's orders as much as he can. From Harry's, and therefore our,
POV, this has to look the same as if he is loyal to Voldemort. Hence
the mystery that is Severus Snape.

> It's entirely possible that Voldemort still wants Snape to take the
> DADA job, but possibly not for the reasons you suggested.

    The original reasons from a decade and a half ago probably don't
apply any more. The continual turnover and often low quality of DADA
teachers may have done enough damage to satisfy Voldemort. No one has
been hired for Auror training in three years. (This may be a comment
by JKR on the damage that poorly managed schools can inflict.)

    But now it's Dumbledore who wants Snape to take the job, for
Potter's benefit. Like I said, Snape doesn't seem to be a lucky person.

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