DADA Curse?

Judy judy at judyshapiro.com
Fri Aug 17 16:33:36 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 175669

We know that Voldemort put a curse on the DADA position, and JKR said 
in an interview that the curse was broken when Voldemort died.

What I find interesting is that in the seven books, most of the 
people who fall victim to the curse are in fact Voldemort supporters 
(or in the case of Snape, someone whom Voldemort *believed* to be his 
supporter.)

We have four Death Eaters/Voldemort supporters who fall victim to the 
curse:
Book 1: Quirrel - Dies after Voldemort stopped possessing him. May 
not have had a Dark Mark, but certainly a Voldemort supporter.
Book 4: Barty Crouch, Jr - Soul sucked. Death Eater and according to 
Voldemort, his "most faithful servant."
Book 6: Snape - Fled.  Former Death Eater; belived by Voldemort to be 
loyal at the time he held & lost the DADA post.
Book 7: Carrow - Captured prior to Voldemort's death & last seen 
trussed up in the Ravenclaw common room; presumably sent to Azkaban.  
Death Eater. 

So, from what we've seen, most of the victims of the DADA curse were 
actually people whom Voldemort believed to be on his side.  So, does 
that mean Voldemort wasn't able to lift the curse even when he wanted 
to? If so, what was he planning to do if he had won the war and kept 
control of Hogwarts?  Wouldn't he have used up an awful lot of Death 
Eaters trying to staff the DADA position?

--JudySerenity, wondering if Stan Shunpike would have eventually 
gotten the job





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