[HPforGrownups] DADA Curse?

[Random832]

No: HPFGUIDX 175854

Judy wrote:
> 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 2: Lockhart - brain fried after trying to fry Ron and Harry's brains
Book 3: Lupin - driven from post after it became known that he was a 
werewolf (you can't count Snape without counting Lupin, they _both_ got 
it easy.)
> Book 4: Barty Crouch, Jr - Soul sucked. Death Eater and according to 
> Voldemort, his "most faithful servant."
>   
Book 4: Moody
Book 5: Umbridge - unspecified incident with Centaurs.
> Book 6: Snape - Fled.  Former Death Eater; belived by Voldemort to be 
> loyal at the time he held & lost the DADA post.
>   
and subsequently became headmaster.
> 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.
That's because a narrow majority of DADA teachers (not counting Moody, 
who I think was also a victim) in the seven years we've seen, all of 
whom fell victim to the curse with no exceptions, have fit those criteria.
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Random832