DADA Curse?

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 175851

> Judy:
> 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.

Mike:
Not directed at your comment, but I'm not paying much attaention to 
JKR's interviews, past, present, or future. She has been in the 
obfuscation and deflection mode for so long that she can't seem to 
allow herself to reveal the full truth and/or be bothered to review 
her notes for the logical answers. Maybe in the future, if JKR ever 
publishes that encyclopedia of backstories, she'll start giving us 
thought out answers with reasonable basis.



> Judy:
> 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:
> <snip Quirrell, Crouch Jr, Snape, Carrow>
> 
> So, does that mean Voldemort wasn't able to lift the curse even 
> when he wanted to? 

Mike:
Let's see:
1) Quirrell - couldn't lift it, he couldn't use a wand
2) Barty Jr - only expected him to be there for the year. He 
certainly wasn't planning to bequeath Jr to continue as DADA prof as 
some consolation prize.
3) Snape - again, a one year plan, And probably a one year plan 
fifteen years previous for the same reason. Killing DD was probably 
always in Voldemort's cards for Snape.
4) Carrow - expendable. Besides, if all went according to plan the 
first DA part of DADA was going to be eliminated. So Carrow *could* 
have continued teaching a new subject, like Snape could stay with a 
new position.

I don't think he wanted to lift the curse for any of these. But it's 
entirely possible that he couldn't either. Afterall, Dumbledore knew 
about it, had around 50 years to work on it and never managed to 
eliminate it. You would have thought a wizard with his prowess could 
have.


> Judy:
> If so, what was he planning to do if he had won the war and kept 
> control of Hogwarts?  

Mike:
Keep putting his screw up DEs in the position as a form of 
punishment. Thereby using their ineptitude as case studies to get 
government grants to continue studying the mystery of the DADA curse. 
Voldemort would've become a bureaucrat by then, and that's what 
bureaucrats do. <eg>

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

Mike, thinking Stan would be the first case study ;)