Timeline for Why Voldemort sent some of his best men to occupy the DADA job if he had cursed it?
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| Jul 27, 2018 at 22:26 | comment | added | Pryftan | @SylvainL Voldemort had no say so in the matter of Severus taking the job did he? That was up to Dumbledore. And why would he lift the jinx? You think he actually cares about his followers other than the service they provide him - and who can be replaced should one die or defect? That's not how he - or anyone like him - would act. The mere suggestion otherwise is silly at best but also very naïve and ignorant of how these types of people are. | |
| Mar 2, 2017 at 15:16 | comment | added | MissMonicaE | Having a revolving-door position in the school is actually lucky for Voldemort. Imagine if he kept trying to get people into Hogwarts and kept getting "Sorry, no available positions at this time" letters. | |
| May 8, 2015 at 17:12 | comment | added | SylvainL | Finally, if Voldemort was capable of lifting this curse, why didn't he do that after Quirrel become the DADA teacher. In fact, not only he should have done that in the first place but he should have also put on it his best lucky charm; just for good measure. | |
| May 8, 2015 at 17:09 | comment | added | SylvainL | Even if it's Snape that wanted the job, we can still wonder why Voldemort would accept that he takes it; knowing that it would bring bad luck not only on Snape but also on his mission. Furthermore, why would Snape, Umbridge and Lockart want this job, knowing that it would bring a big failure at the end of the school year? This is even truer in the case of Lockart, for which his reputation was the most important thing. Why would Lockart have wanted to take this job, knowing that it will baldly end and tarnish his reputation? | |
| May 8, 2015 at 16:54 | comment | added | SylvainL | Quirrel was already a professor at Hogwarts but he has become the DADA teacher only after being possessed by Voldemort. For Quirrel and Barty Crouch Jr., the question is not only simply about making one or two small sacrifices - something that I would agree with - but to the fact that this curse seems to have far reaching bad consequences. (Like any "good" curse should have.) | |
| May 8, 2015 at 16:45 | comment | added | SylvainL | @E.J.: this would be a pretty weak curse if its purpose was simply to give each DATA teacher a new job at the end of the year, without any bad side effect. First, this would have be a pretty weak vengeance. Second, how could anyone lose his job if nothing bad happened to him or her? Dumbledore would simply ask each DADA teacher to come at his office at the end of the school year and tell him (or her) that he must now exchange his post with another teacher? A curse is a curse and this mean bad things will happen to you (and to your master if you have one?) if you accept to occupy the job. | |
| May 8, 2015 at 15:54 | comment | added | E. J. | In regard to Barty Jr., the job was cursed to keep a teacher from staying more than a year--the teachers themselves weren't cursed. Even if they had been, I think it's an open question whether the curse would have primarily applied to Barty (who taught) or Moody (the actual teacher). Both certainly had some unpleasant experiences that year. | |
| May 8, 2015 at 15:43 | comment | added | algiogia | Also, it is never made clear what the actual curse is (if there is any) | |
| May 8, 2015 at 15:12 | history | edited | Lars Ebert-Harlaar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Clarified the answer to answer the specific question.
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| May 8, 2015 at 15:08 | comment | added | Lars Ebert-Harlaar | I rephrased my answer a bit, now it fits this question better, I think. | |
| May 8, 2015 at 15:07 | history | edited | Lars Ebert-Harlaar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Clarified the answer to answer the specific question.
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| May 8, 2015 at 15:05 | comment | added | phantom42 | I think maybe you meant to answer this question. | |
| May 8, 2015 at 15:03 | history | answered | Lars Ebert-Harlaar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |