I always figured he didn’t get the position for safety reasons but also because Snape was the finest potions master. It wasn’t until a suitable replacement came did he get the D.A.D.A position
I mean Fair. it's probably harder to get a good potions Master than defense against the dark arts. When there's literally an entire department of the ministry of magic that is people that are good at defense against the dark arts. I just feel really sorry for Neville Longbottom though. The one year he thinks he's finally going to escape from having any classes with Snape is the year that he finally gets the DADA position.
I've said pretty much the same thing on every video asking this question. I mean, Snape LITERALLY (re)wrote the (advanced) book.... when he was STILL A STUDENT.
Ive always thought that it was because Dumbledore didnt want to lose his double agent and only person who could openly spy on the death eaters as he was one himself and always fed info back to the order on Voldemort's plans
Dumbledore may also have wanted to keep Snape out of the defensive dark arts teacher position as a ploy. Further protecting Snape's.role as a double agent. Dumbledore believed Voldy would return.
I’m guessing it was go do with the curse that Voldemort placed upon it, but really, doesn’t that raise a lot of questions about how this curse works? Can you rename the post or is it specific to teaching about the Dark Arts at all? Could you abolish the post, and then reestablish it? Can you break the curse by moving the class to a new room? And so on. The DADA teacher getting fired every year seemed more like a meme and while a bit weird and contrived from a writing standpoint, it wasn’t the biggest problem ever and introducing this solution only raises more issues than it solves tbh.!
The way I see it,when you have the best potions instructor since Horace slughorn teaching potions,you let that instructor teach his subject AND if you have concerns about that instructor's background When that instructor tries to branch out to a different subject then no you will decline his application and Albus did too
I think it was a ploy a coverstory for Snape. Something he could tell the Death Eaters when Voldermort came back. I mean think of the story Dumbledore told about the Shreaking Shack just to keep the truth about Remus hidden. I think he told Snape about the curse his old boss put on the position, and wouldn't give it to Snape until he knew he could safety hold it for a year and that it would give their side an advantage. He also encouraged Snape to continue to apply for the job, in order to lend credibility to their story.
I think it's because Snape enjoyed the dark arts too much. Because it's not a problem to know dark magic, in fact I think it's highly useful knowledge. And especially to a DADA if you want to be a good one you need to know and control dark magic. I think what Voldemort used is a death curse on the job, certain death to anyone who will hold the post more than 365 days. Maybe Dumbledore wanted to spare the danger from him. But I think it was more of the fact Snape was a DE so maybe he didn't fully trust him on this subject.
I think you missed the most important part. Snape wouldn’t be trusted by Voldemort anywhere near as much. If Snape got the position in book 5 for example, and then lost the position, he would no longer be at the school. Without him close to Dumbledore, Voldemort would lower his standing, giving him less opportunity to gain information. Dumbledore wouldn’t risk that until the time was right.
I thought the reason why I Snape didn't get the dark arts position was because it was cursed and Dumbledore needed him in the castle as well as him being an incredibly good potions master they couldn't find someone to replace him as potions master and that's why in the half blood Prince when they finally do get a different potion Master slughorn he finally gets the dark arts position it was also the last year that Dumbledore knew that he would be teaching because before the school year even started he knew that Snape was going to have to kill him
I would suggest an additional reason: politics. It seems that at Hogwarts the potions teacher position is the one the head of House Slytherin holds. Which kind of makes sense since Slytherin represents the element of water. Plus, I suppose in the hierarchy of subjects, potions was more important than DADA. Now, in the wider wizarding community Dumbledore would have been forced to assign another Slytherin alumni to teach potions (and presumable become sooner or later head of Slytherin). And he probably didn't fancy his options there until someone like Slughorn became available again - a person wizards from House Slytherin couldn't object. ... Just imagine within the mechanations of politics in the Ministry o. M. Dolores Umbridge managed to install a Slytherin of her liking to that post.
I thought it was because he didn't want to lose Snape - even if he wasn't killed he might be put out of play. Thus when Dumbledore knew death was near he figured that Snape would replace him. But I do love your (Harry Potter Folklore) reason - that being in that role might tempt Snape to go further in his own personal studies - we might get a new dark lord - more powerful and unrestricted by ego or malice.
Straightforwardly, in the Half Blood Prince, Dumbledore flat out tells Harry that the DADA position was cursed and that, since the day he had refused Voldemort the job no one had lasted more than a year in the role. So... Severus Snape was Dumbledore's closest ally at Hogwarts. He was also a person with NO personal fortune. Severus Snape needed to work, to eat. Dumbledore did not want to lose Snape from Hogwarts and Snape ALWAYS needed to work. If Snape had been given the Dark Arts job and been forced out after a year, where could he then get a job, or failing work, money? The obvious answer was Lucius Malfoy, a wizard renowned for two things, his Wealth AND his commitment to the Dark Arts. Lucius would undoubtedly have helped out Snape, but there would have been a price, a price that Dumbledore wasn't willing to risk. So the main reason that Dumbledore didn't give Snape the job was because of the curse BUT because Dumbledore NEVER told anyone the Full Truth, he probably never explained that to Severus. As for the SLUR that Severus Snape was "obsessed by the Dark Arts", we need to remember the origins of that particular statement. That came, not from Lilly Evans but from, arguably the two most vicious bullies ever to visit Hogwarts, James Potter and Sirius Black. It gave them an "excuse" for constantly attacking a lonely, studious introvert (exactly as bullies always do).
I felt like you also needed to address why Dumbledore DID give Snape the position in year 6. As I thought about it, I realized that Dumbledore needed Slughorn and therefore needed to give Slughorn the potions professor position. Then I wondered why Dumbledore still chose Snape over anyone else and well I suppose Snape needed to be at Hogwarts to help Draco. And I imagine Dumbledore couldn’t not hire Snape so perhaps there was no better alternative. Any other ideas as to why he DID hire Snape for that position, despite knowing it would only last one year?
I thought Dumbledore himself in the books said that he didn’t want snape to be tempted back to his old ways by being surrounded by the dark arts constantly? There’s no way I made that up?
My memory is somewhat hazy, but wasn’t that what Snape told Bellatrix? If so, he may very well have been lying (to maintain his Death Eater street cred) and that wasn’t Dumbledore’s real reason.
I have a few questions about the curse on the Defends against the dark art position. - If a teacher would be replaced like every year, can you have a pool of teachers? If they aren't killed obviously, it would take technically only 2 teachers to fill this position. Year 1 - teacher A. Year 2- teacher B. Year 3 teacher A again. Or is the curse like that once you applied you can never teach it again even after you survive? In the last case I like the idea that Dumbledore is protecting Snape, for if the curse is lifted he would never have the chance to teach it again because he already given it a year.
It's rather farfetched but perhaps since we all know Dumbledore was gay or Snape wouldn't have known why the real reason Dumbledore didn't give him the defense against the dark arts position but I think maybe Dumbledore may have loved Snape and Snape didn't even know it and of course Dumbledore would have never told Snape the truth anyway.
DD needed Snape, but he knew the position was jinxed. He finally gave him the position, when he knew it would only be for one year. Though DD had little affinity for divination, I think, like Grindelwald, DD was a seer. He seemed to know what would happen.
I think the 1 & only reason to consider is the fact that the position was cursed & Snape was to valuable to have him cursed. Snape Lust for Defense Against the Dark Arts was trumped by his Love for Lily. After all his Love for Lily turned him away from Voldemort!
I don’t think Dumbledore protected Snape out of “friendship.” The way I read their relationship, they were not friends. They were allies. Each needed the other for something. But Dumbledore kept the upper hand and did not treat Snape like a friend. Oddly enough, they probably knew more about one another than even the closest of friends do. But it was a working relationship. Both of them were a means to a very specific end, getting rid of Voldemort. Dumbledore made the plan fall into place, but Snape was absolutely essential to actually implementing the plan. They were more closely intertwined than two people can normally be. But Dumbledore had a strategic reason for not giving Snape the defense against the dark arts job until year six. If the job indeed was cursed, that was the first year that Snape would’ve been able to do it because it was the last year of Dumbledore‘s life, and the last year that Dumbledore would actively be involved in the plot to overthrow Voldemort. Dumbledore was handing over the reins to Snape. It must’ve felt like a risk to him. He was used to being in the driver’s seat, but he thought it out, knew that he had to die to make the plan work, and shifting the power to Snape to finish the job was the only way it was going to work out. So I think the reason that Dumbledore didn’t give Snape the defense against the dark arts job until year six is purely strategic. Dumbledore was capable of feeling sympathy for Snape. Their dialogue reveals that much. But I don’t think sentiment was the driving force behind what Dumbledore did with Snape. And I think Snape was smart enough to know that. He was willing to act in concert with Dumbledore because of Lily. Snape invested a lot more sentiment into this strategic partnership than Dumbledore ever did. it was a relief to Snape that someone knew the truth about him and Lily. It was how Snape kept her alive in his own mind. However, Dumbledore kept his own counsel and did not share nearly as much about himself with Snape. They were two halves of a whole. Snape was the sentiment, and Dumbledore was the intellect. Both were essential to the success of the plan to kill Voldemort.
I always figured it was due to voldemorts curse on the DADA post snape could only be teacher for 1 year and he wanted to make sure it was the most important year possible for harry
Something I was wondering and I’m not sure if this was a movie mistake but in the first film, Fred or George told Harry that “Snape has been after Quirrells job for years” but no one ever survived a year in the job? But I guess he could be talking about the job it’s self rather than Quirrell specifically. Also all teachers, students and parents must be a bit sus why EVERY DADA teacher changed every year, I wonder if anyone tried to break the curse? And I wonder if the name of the teachers title was changed, if the curse will still happen?
Before I watch, I'm thinking he knew it was cursed, knew he needed Snape and didn't want to lose him. Or, it could be that he was harder to replace as a potions teacher as good potioneers are harder to find than DADA eachers.
I would have to agree, I think the 2 reasons that have always stuck in my head is is 1. Snapes allegiance to the dark arts prior to turning good. Also even though dumbledore rarely cared for anyone he didn't want to put people in harm's way unless they had to be, i.e Harry Potter
I always figured it was because it would be strange and suss for someone whos moonlighting as a Death Eater to be teaching kids how to protect themselves from the very magic hes supposed to be doing.
If Lily had survived, I think SHE would be a good Potions teacher. She would’ve gave Neville an easier time. She would’ve made a good Head of Gryffindor House.
That Snape wanted the place and Dumbledore kept refusing it was all part of the plan to add resentment and a grudge on Snape's resumė, to fool the nose deprived.
Dumbledore knew the DADA teaching position was cursed. No one who taught that class was alive or able to return the next year. Dd was unwilling to see Snape die or be removed from Hogwarts. Whether he wanted him to remain under his purview was due to a deep friendship, lack of trust or that he needed to use him further is the real question.
Im guessing it was snapes orders from voldemort to take it. He wanted the orders fullfilled in a strategic time. Thats why he didnt do it sooner. Snape didnt want to please voldemort, but had his own reasons for applying. Thats what i got from reading the books. Ill probably read them again soon. Its been almost 15 years since last reading.
another reason could be that if he held the defense against the dark arts position he'd have enough power to easily kill Harry something that at different points in the book he definitely felt like doing by not holding the position of defense against the dark arts teacher Harry's ultimately protected from getting killed.
The simplest reason. Severus Snape was supposed to be an enemy of dumbledore's. Dumbledore had to make the reasons severus hated him seem real. And purposefully denied letting him teach the defense against the dark arts, as a means to get him in better with Voldemort. It also gave Severus enough resentment for that killing curse to work. It wouldn't have looked right if he gave him the job. And Severus would have had less resentment to pull from. It was a calculated grudge for Voldemort's eyes imho.
I assume it is due to the curse. Dumbledore was probably concerned that something would happen to Snape (death in particular) if he was allowed the position.
Wat if bardy crouch Jr idk how to spell his name but wat if he would of never got caught he only got the dementor's kiss cause he was caught so do u think would of happened then
I don't think it has anything to do with his love of the dark arts 1. He didn't want Snape to become a victim of the curse 2. Qualified potions professors were far rarer than qualified DADA professors
Dumbledore, more than anyone, knew Tom's willingness and ability to push magic beyond the bounds of what the world thought possible... maybe he genuinely believed that Tom in his anger at being refused the job had found a way to place a curse on the teaching position itself, sure he was protecting Severus but he also wanted to keep him as a piece on the board, to be used against Voldemort at the most opportune moment
But not really... Like Lupin and Moody were okay, in the sense that he didn't put them there for any exterior reasons like Quirrel being evil or Lockheart being a fraud
@@flynnrider4354 I suppose that half right Cause sure, they left but it was because the staff found out Lupin secret and Moody probably need it to recover after month trapped (also Dolores took his place, after being send by the ministry of magic)
@@braylin5003 exactly which goes back to my point that every teacher has to leave the school after getting the post. There’s a lot of things that can happen that could lead to Snape leaving the school like him being recalled by Voldemort perhaps or anything that has to do with him being a death eater.
As far as his advertisemetn for surfshark I can't wait for the day we get to have personal quantum computers where you can send quantum emails that are impossible to hack
I felt like you also needed to address why Dumbledore DID give Snape the position in year 6. As I thought about it, I realized that Dumbledore needed Slughorn and therefore needed to give Slughorn the potions professor position. Then I wondered why Dumbledore still chose Snape over anyone else and well I suppose Snape needed to be at Hogwarts to help Draco. And I imagine Dumbledore couldn’t not hire Snape so perhaps there was no better alternative. Any other ideas as to why he DID hire Snape for that position, despite knowing it would only last one year?
Dumbledore knew Snape had to kill him at the end of the school year Dumbledore knew he needed then to leave Hogwarts but Dumbledore gave Snape the position because he wanted Snape’s wish to be fulfilled let’s say this also a service on return for killing Dumbledore
I always figured he didn’t get the position for safety reasons but also because Snape was the finest potions master. It wasn’t until a suitable replacement came did he get the D.A.D.A position
I mean Fair. it's probably harder to get a good potions Master than defense against the dark arts. When there's literally an entire department of the ministry of magic that is people that are good at defense against the dark arts.
I just feel really sorry for Neville Longbottom though. The one year he thinks he's finally going to escape from having any classes with Snape is the year that he finally gets the DADA position.
I've said pretty much the same thing on every video asking this question. I mean, Snape LITERALLY (re)wrote the (advanced) book.... when he was STILL A STUDENT.
Ive always thought that it was because Dumbledore didnt want to lose his double agent and only person who could openly spy on the death eaters as he was one himself and always fed info back to the order on Voldemort's plans
*Snape literally every school year*
Snape: Submits application
Dumbledore: thanks….We’ll review your application and give you a call back….
*send an owl back :P
Has anyone thought that Dumbledore respected Snape enough not to risk the curse on him! Since the true nature of the curse was not known!
I thought that were the reason Snape didn’t teach DADA till Half-Blood Prince.
@@YellowBear-kx1ff Why, though? Dumbledore probably thought it was the optimal time to give Snape the position at that time. The risk was worth it.
I agree with this. He trusted Snape, even if other people didn't.
Dumbledore may also have wanted to keep Snape out of the defensive dark arts teacher position as a ploy. Further protecting Snape's.role as a double agent. Dumbledore believed Voldy would return.
I’m guessing it was go do with the curse that Voldemort placed upon it, but really, doesn’t that raise a lot of questions about how this curse works?
Can you rename the post or is it specific to teaching about the Dark Arts at all? Could you abolish the post, and then reestablish it? Can you break the curse by moving the class to a new room? And so on.
The DADA teacher getting fired every year seemed more like a meme and while a bit weird and contrived from a writing standpoint, it wasn’t the biggest problem ever and introducing this solution only raises more issues than it solves tbh.!
Very easy, despite everything, Snape never stopped loving the dark arts, and Dumbledore tried not to cater to his worst instincts.
The way I see it,when you have the best potions instructor since Horace slughorn teaching potions,you let that instructor teach his subject AND if you have concerns about that instructor's background When that instructor tries to branch out to a different subject then no you will decline his application and Albus did too
I think it was a ploy a coverstory for Snape. Something he could tell the Death Eaters when Voldermort came back. I mean think of the story Dumbledore told about the Shreaking Shack just to keep the truth about Remus hidden. I think he told Snape about the curse his old boss put on the position, and wouldn't give it to Snape until he knew he could safety hold it for a year and that it would give their side an advantage. He also encouraged Snape to continue to apply for the job, in order to lend credibility to their story.
Imagine if Dumbledore figured out the curse on DADA and reversed it
I think it's because Snape enjoyed the dark arts too much. Because it's not a problem to know dark magic, in fact I think it's highly useful knowledge. And especially to a DADA if you want to be a good one you need to know and control dark magic. I think what Voldemort used is a death curse on the job, certain death to anyone who will hold the post more than 365 days. Maybe Dumbledore wanted to spare the danger from him. But I think it was more of the fact Snape was a DE so maybe he didn't fully trust him on this subject.
Very insightful. Once you started it became pretty obvious he was trying to protect him. Great video.
I think you missed the most important part. Snape wouldn’t be trusted by Voldemort anywhere near as much.
If Snape got the position in book 5 for example, and then lost the position, he would no longer be at the school. Without him close to Dumbledore, Voldemort would lower his standing, giving him less opportunity to gain information. Dumbledore wouldn’t risk that until the time was right.
I thought the reason why I Snape didn't get the dark arts position was because it was cursed and Dumbledore needed him in the castle as well as him being an incredibly good potions master they couldn't find someone to replace him as potions master and that's why in the half blood Prince when they finally do get a different potion Master slughorn he finally gets the dark arts position it was also the last year that Dumbledore knew that he would be teaching because before the school year even started he knew that Snape was going to have to kill him
I would suggest an additional reason: politics. It seems that at Hogwarts the potions teacher position is the one the head of House Slytherin holds. Which kind of makes sense since Slytherin represents the element of water. Plus, I suppose in the hierarchy of subjects, potions was more important than DADA.
Now, in the wider wizarding community Dumbledore would have been forced to assign another Slytherin alumni to teach potions (and presumable become sooner or later head of Slytherin). And he probably didn't fancy his options there until someone like Slughorn became available again - a person wizards from House Slytherin couldn't object. ... Just imagine within the mechanations of politics in the Ministry o. M. Dolores Umbridge managed to install a Slytherin of her liking to that post.
I thought it was because he didn't want to lose Snape - even if he wasn't killed he might be put out of play.
Thus when Dumbledore knew death was near he figured that Snape would replace him.
But I do love your (Harry Potter Folklore) reason - that being in that role might tempt Snape to go further in his own personal studies - we might get a new dark lord - more powerful and unrestricted by ego or malice.
Everything Dumbledore does is for/has a reason.
True
What if DADA wasn’t cursed!!..would Dumbledore consider having Snape take over the position or not
Another exceptional video! You are amazing!
Straightforwardly, in the Half Blood Prince, Dumbledore flat out tells Harry that the DADA position was cursed and that, since the day he had refused Voldemort the job no one had lasted more than a year in the role.
So... Severus Snape was Dumbledore's closest ally at Hogwarts. He was also a person with NO personal fortune. Severus Snape needed to work, to eat.
Dumbledore did not want to lose Snape from Hogwarts and Snape ALWAYS needed to work. If Snape had been given the Dark Arts job and been forced out after a year, where could he then get a job, or failing work, money? The obvious answer was Lucius Malfoy, a wizard renowned for two things, his Wealth AND his commitment to the Dark Arts. Lucius would undoubtedly have helped out Snape, but there would have been a price, a price that Dumbledore wasn't willing to risk.
So the main reason that Dumbledore didn't give Snape the job was because of the curse BUT because Dumbledore NEVER told anyone the Full Truth, he probably never explained that to Severus.
As for the SLUR that Severus Snape was "obsessed by the Dark Arts", we need to remember the origins of that particular statement. That came, not from Lilly Evans but from, arguably the two most vicious bullies ever to visit Hogwarts, James Potter and Sirius Black. It gave them an "excuse" for constantly attacking a lonely, studious introvert (exactly as bullies always do).
I felt like you also needed to address why Dumbledore DID give Snape the position in year 6. As I thought about it, I realized that Dumbledore needed Slughorn and therefore needed to give Slughorn the potions professor position. Then I wondered why Dumbledore still chose Snape over anyone else and well I suppose Snape needed to be at Hogwarts to help Draco. And I imagine Dumbledore couldn’t not hire Snape so perhaps there was no better alternative. Any other ideas as to why he DID hire Snape for that position, despite knowing it would only last one year?
Makes a lot of sense!
I thought Dumbledore himself in the books said that he didn’t want snape to be tempted back to his old ways by being surrounded by the dark arts constantly? There’s no way I made that up?
My memory is somewhat hazy, but wasn’t that what Snape told Bellatrix? If so, he may very well have been lying (to maintain his Death Eater street cred) and that wasn’t Dumbledore’s real reason.
@@lenamoser3888 now that you’ve said it,I think you’re right. It’s been a while since I read the books
Potions it's also harder to teach and learn in comparison to defence against dark magic
I have a few questions about the curse on the Defends against the dark art position.
- If a teacher would be replaced like every year, can you have a pool of teachers? If they aren't killed obviously, it would take technically only 2 teachers to fill this position. Year 1 - teacher A. Year 2- teacher B. Year 3 teacher A again.
Or is the curse like that once you applied you can never teach it again even after you survive?
In the last case I like the idea that Dumbledore is protecting Snape, for if the curse is lifted he would never have the chance to teach it again because he already given it a year.
It's rather farfetched but perhaps since we all know Dumbledore was gay or Snape wouldn't have known why the real reason Dumbledore didn't give him the defense against the dark arts position but I think maybe Dumbledore may have loved Snape and Snape didn't even know it and of course Dumbledore would have never told Snape the truth anyway.
DD needed Snape, but he knew the position was jinxed. He finally gave him the position, when he knew it would only be for one year. Though DD had little affinity for divination, I think, like Grindelwald, DD was a seer. He seemed to know what would happen.
I think the 1 & only reason to consider is the fact that the position was cursed & Snape was to valuable to have him cursed. Snape Lust for Defense Against the Dark Arts was trumped by his Love for Lily. After all his Love for Lily turned him away from Voldemort!
I don’t think Dumbledore protected Snape out of “friendship.” The way I read their relationship, they were not friends. They were allies. Each needed the other for something. But Dumbledore kept the upper hand and did not treat Snape like a friend.
Oddly enough, they probably knew more about one another than even the closest of friends do. But it was a working relationship. Both of them were a means to a very specific end, getting rid of Voldemort. Dumbledore made the plan fall into place, but Snape was absolutely essential to actually implementing the plan.
They were more closely intertwined than two people can normally be. But Dumbledore had a strategic reason for not giving Snape the defense against the dark arts job until year six. If the job indeed was cursed, that was the first year that Snape would’ve been able to do it because it was the last year of Dumbledore‘s life, and the last year that Dumbledore would actively be involved in the plot to overthrow Voldemort.
Dumbledore was handing over the reins to Snape. It must’ve felt like a risk to him. He was used to being in the driver’s seat, but he thought it out, knew that he had to die to make the plan work, and shifting the power to Snape to finish the job was the only way it was going to work out.
So I think the reason that Dumbledore didn’t give Snape the defense against the dark arts job until year six is purely strategic.
Dumbledore was capable of feeling sympathy for Snape. Their dialogue reveals that much. But I don’t think sentiment was the driving force behind what Dumbledore did with Snape. And I think Snape was smart enough to know that. He was willing to act in concert with Dumbledore because of Lily.
Snape invested a lot more sentiment into this strategic partnership than Dumbledore ever did. it was a relief to Snape that someone knew the truth about him and Lily. It was how Snape kept her alive in his own mind. However, Dumbledore kept his own counsel and did not share nearly as much about himself with Snape.
They were two halves of a whole. Snape was the sentiment, and Dumbledore was the intellect. Both were essential to the success of the plan to kill Voldemort.
I always figured it was due to voldemorts curse on the DADA post snape could only be teacher for 1 year and he wanted to make sure it was the most important year possible for harry
Something I was wondering and I’m not sure if this was a movie mistake but in the first film, Fred or George told Harry that “Snape has been after Quirrells job for years” but no one ever survived a year in the job? But I guess he could be talking about the job it’s self rather than Quirrell specifically.
Also all teachers, students and parents must be a bit sus why EVERY DADA teacher changed every year, I wonder if anyone tried to break the curse?
And I wonder if the name of the teachers title was changed, if the curse will still happen?
I always figured it was because without slughorn Dumbledore didn't have a good enough potions master. Potions are notoriously difficult to Master.
nah dumbledore just didnt want snape happy
He felt Snape would fall back into his old habits
What???? You woulf think hanging out with one of the most darkest wixards like Voldemort would put some respect on his name 😑
simple.. .the position was cursed, and Dumbledore needed Snape to be there to protect Harry.
Before I watch, I'm thinking he knew it was cursed, knew he needed Snape and didn't want to lose him. Or, it could be that he was harder to replace as a potions teacher as good potioneers are harder to find than DADA eachers.
I wish we could see Harry nevel Remus Sirius and tonks hanging out
I would have to agree, I think the 2 reasons that have always stuck in my head is is 1. Snapes allegiance to the dark arts prior to turning good. Also even though dumbledore rarely cared for anyone he didn't want to put people in harm's way unless they had to be, i.e Harry Potter
Amazing video!
I always figured it was because it would be strange and suss for someone whos moonlighting as a Death Eater to be teaching kids how to protect themselves from the very magic hes supposed to be doing.
If Lily had survived, I think SHE would be a good Potions teacher. She would’ve gave Neville an easier time. She would’ve made a good Head of Gryffindor House.
Oh absolutely. She and Slughorn were better Potions teacher than Snape ever was. Speaking of Neville, he is actually now the head of Gryffindor house.
@@paulyb7267 Yes I know. Also, if Lily was the Potions teacher, she would be the Hogwarts Potions MISTRESS and would be called Professor Potter.
@@YellowBear-kx1ff Professor Potter, now that is a cool one 😂😆
That Snape wanted the place and Dumbledore kept refusing it was all part of the plan to add resentment and a grudge on Snape's resumė, to fool the nose deprived.
I thought of something the other day. When Mad Eye Moody/Barty Crouch Jr killed Barty Crouch. Did Mad Eye Soul split or Barty JR soul???
My reason is that Lily Potter was going to be a teaching potion. I believe that she was a learning to take over for Slughorn.
We all knew that the year that Snape was allowed to teach DADA that his tenure at Hogwarts was at an end.
Dumbledore knew the DADA teaching position was cursed. No one who taught that class was alive or able to return the next year. Dd was unwilling to see Snape die or be removed from Hogwarts. Whether he wanted him to remain under his purview was due to a deep friendship, lack of trust or that he needed to use him further is the real question.
I wish we could see Harry Potter malfoys nevel Remus tonks Sirius and weasels hanging out
Im guessing it was snapes orders from voldemort to take it. He wanted the orders fullfilled in a strategic time. Thats why he didnt do it sooner. Snape didnt want to please voldemort, but had his own reasons for applying. Thats what i got from reading the books. Ill probably read them again soon. Its been almost 15 years since last reading.
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Probably because of the curse, and to protect snape because Snape was valuable to him, plus he’s a great potions master
another reason could be that if he held the defense against the dark arts position he'd have enough power to easily kill Harry something that at different points in the book he definitely felt like doing by not holding the position of defense against the dark arts teacher Harry's ultimately protected from getting killed.
What happened to the teachers before professor Quail?
The simplest reason. Severus Snape was supposed to be an enemy of dumbledore's. Dumbledore had to make the reasons severus hated him seem real. And purposefully denied letting him teach the defense against the dark arts, as a means to get him in better with Voldemort. It also gave Severus enough resentment for that killing curse to work. It wouldn't have looked right if he gave him the job. And Severus would have had less resentment to pull from. It was a calculated grudge for Voldemort's eyes imho.
OMG this makes so much sense.
@@CaseyCampbell17 Thanks. I thought so.
It just seems to stand out as a good reason, from what I saw of their situation and unique relationship.
Simple Answer. THE POSITION WAS CURSED! Don't need 8 1/2 minutes to explain that.
I assume it is due to the curse. Dumbledore was probably concerned that something would happen to Snape (death in particular) if he was allowed the position.
I wonder after voldermont was defeated , wouldn't the curse be broken even after the war who thought defense against the dark arts ?
Simple answer, the position is cursed and Snape would be lost forever
I can't believe a dark wizard such as powerful as grindelwald couldn't fly without broomstick
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Great video
Maybe Dumbledore was worried giving him the position might draw him back into the darkside
I think he was fascinated by the dark arts, like many people are with true crime. Maybe he always wanted to be a dark detective.
I wish we could see Remus and Sirius be friends again
Except the fact that he didn't even seem to CARE@ all about Harry--at least @ 1st--ONLY Lily . . . 🙁
Wat if bardy crouch Jr idk how to spell his name but wat if he would of never got caught he only got the dementor's kiss cause he was caught so do u think would of happened then
Until he needed to get that memory from Slughorn in the half blood prince
I don't think it has anything to do with his love of the dark arts
1. He didn't want Snape to become a victim of the curse
2. Qualified potions professors were far rarer than qualified DADA professors
Lupin got off pretty lightly there
QUESTION: why would he want the position if it was cursed? Surely he would have known
Voldemort cursed that position so I believe Dumbledore was protecting Snape.
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Don’t get snape confused. He didn’t care voldemort would kill baby’s and families it was WHO he killed that changed him
Made sense
I think it's bc it was cursed like you said.
He was protecting him.
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It’s because dumbledore knew snape was a wanker
:Your father was swine"
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Painful 😣
No
Well….the answer is quite obvious, but he never told Snape the reason.
would say dumbledore's and severus' relation was severely severed 🤡 got it?
Dumbledore, more than anyone, knew Tom's willingness and ability to push magic beyond the bounds of what the world thought possible... maybe he genuinely believed that Tom in his anger at being refused the job had found a way to place a curse on the teaching position itself, sure he was protecting Severus but he also wanted to keep him as a piece on the board, to be used against Voldemort at the most opportune moment
Hogwarts is constantly being tricked by Dirmstrang. Durumstrang writes their books etc, etc, ect.
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Painful ironic
What if fred died
Because he knew the post is cursed and he doesn’t want to lose Snape
But not really... Like Lupin and Moody were okay, in the sense that he didn't put them there for any exterior reasons like Quirrel being evil or Lockheart being a fraud
@@braylin5003 but they were out of school after getting the post right? Dumbledore doesn’t want that to happen to Snape
@@flynnrider4354 I suppose that half right
Cause sure, they left but it was because the staff found out Lupin secret and Moody probably need it to recover after month trapped (also Dolores took his place, after being send by the ministry of magic)
@@braylin5003 exactly which goes back to my point that every teacher has to leave the school after getting the post. There’s a lot of things that can happen that could lead to Snape leaving the school like him being recalled by Voldemort perhaps or anything that has to do with him being a death eater.
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I felt like you also needed to address why Dumbledore DID give Snape the position in year 6. As I thought about it, I realized that Dumbledore needed Slughorn and therefore needed to give Slughorn the potions professor position. Then I wondered why Dumbledore still chose Snape over anyone else and well I suppose Snape needed to be at Hogwarts to help Draco. And I imagine Dumbledore couldn’t not hire Snape so perhaps there was no better alternative. Any other ideas as to why he DID hire Snape for that position, despite knowing it would only last one year?
Dumbledore knew Snape had to kill him at the end of the school year Dumbledore knew he needed then to leave Hogwarts but Dumbledore gave Snape the position because he wanted Snape’s wish to be fulfilled let’s say this also a service on return for killing Dumbledore
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