Are prodigals allowed?

[carolynwhite2]

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<SongBird3411 at a...> wrote:
> --- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Kimberly" <moongirlk at y...> 
> wrote:
 
> Mindy: 
> 
> I too gave a look back at all the DADA teachers.  The fact that 
> Dumbledore knew the job was cursed sheds some light on some of his 
> decisions.  

Carolyn:
The thing I find curious about the jinx is that it isn't a very awful 
one is it? Not on it's own. Even more oddly, it only seems to operate 
when people do bad things. You would have thought that a Voldy-
special would have helped them.

Quirrell is perfectly ok, and is possibly in the job for more than 
one year, until he gets led astray in Albania.

Lockhart survives, grinning toothily, until he tries to memory-wipe 
Ron and Harry.

Lupin's ok until he actually puts people in danger by his 
transformation.

The real Moody is relatively unscathed at the end of the year, since 
he didn't actually do the job. Crouch!Moody is only soul-sucked after 
trying to kill Harry.

Umbridge only got a bad fright, and doesn't even seem to have been 
chucked out of the ministry.

And Snape..well, hard to know. He's not dead, though certainly 
thought to be a murderer. He may have been strong enought to make the 
jinx fit into his plan, not vice versa.

So, all it seems to amount to is if the DADA prof gets tempted by the 
dark side, something is likely to go wrong, but it won't necessarily 
be fatal (depending on type of crime), although probably hard to live 
down.

DD recognised Voldie's sig in the magic in the cave - is this another 
example of Tom's odd split personality? A kind of warning as to the 
perils of the Dark Arts? 

Perhaps DD always hoped that his next appointee would be 
strong/stupid enough not to get tempted, and thus break the jinx.

Carolyn