[HPforGrownups] Re: Back to the cursed DADA-job

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 166503

Zigurnius:

> "You know why Snape's in such a foul mood, don't you?" said Ron to
Harry as they watched Hermione teaching Neville a Scouring Charm to
remove the frog guts from under his fingernails.

> "Yeah," said Harry. "Moody."

> It was common knowledge that Snape really wanted the Dark Arts job,
and he had now failed to get it for the fourth year running. Snape
had disliked all of their previous Dark Arts teachers, and shown it -
but he seemed strangely wary of displaying overt animosity to Mad-Eye
Moody.

:Lynda:

I have never taken that to mean that Snape did not want that job before that
time. In fact, it seems to me that canon supports the notion--if it does not
state it outright--that it was the DADA position that he originally sought
at Hogwarts, and the one he continued to apply for whenever the position
became vacant. I've always thought that to be true, from the beginning of
the series.

Lynda


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