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

[LynnKQuinn at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 166506

: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.


Lynn:
 
Actually Umbridge asks Snape about the position in OOTP: 
 
"Now...how long have you been teaching at Hogwarts?" she  asked, her 
quill poised over her clipboard.
"Fourteen years" Snape replied. His expression  was unfathomable. Harry 
added a few drops to his potion; it hissed menacingly and turned from 
turquoise to orange.
"You applied first for the Defense Against the Dark Arts post, I 
believe?" Professor Umbridge asked Snape.
"Yes," said Snape quietly.
"But you were unsucessful?"
Snape's lip curled.
"Obviously."
Professor Umbridge scribbled on her clipboard.
"And you have applied regularly for the Defense Against the Dark Arts 
post since you first joined the school, I believe?"
"Yes," said Snape quietly, barely moving his lips.  He looked very angry.

(Chap. 17, pps. 363-364 Am. ed.)
 
So I would think that the only way this was not the case would be if Snape  
and DD deliberately misled people into believing Snape kept applying. I believe 
Snape did want the job abd DD kept him from it because Snape was too 
valuable to be a victim of the curse.
 
Lynn