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Defense against the dark arts pattern

posted 5 years ago by MovieChatUser497 (18943)
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the professors who circulate through the DATDA position all follow a pattern: first there’s a traitor, then the next one is an antagonist who is out for their own personal gain and doesn’t give a crap about the school, and then we have someone who is first thought to be a villain but later revealed to be an ally:

Year 1: Quirrel - Traitor
Year 2: Lockhart - Cared more about his fame than the welfare of the students
Year 3: Lupin - At one point we think he’s a traitor but he’s actually not
Year 4: Moody/Barty Crouch Jr - Traitor
Year 5: Umbridge - Cared more about the reputation of the ministry than the welfare of the students
Year 6: Snape - During this year we think he’s a traitor but we later find he’s the hero of the saga

[–] johnmarti59 (2356) 4 years ago

Not Moody.

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 4 years ago

Moody didn’t teach that year he was being held prisoner

[–] johnmarti59 (2356) 4 years ago

Oh, I see.

[–] Furienna (3342) 4 years ago

I don't remember when "we" thought Lupin was a traitor.
Snape is hardly the hero of anything either, and I don't get why so many people adore him.

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 4 years ago

Uh there was a scene where Lupin pals up with sirius who at the time we thought was a villain so yes there was a point where the movie wanted us to think Lupin was a traitor, it wasn’t successful though. Snape is the hero, he was protecting Harry the whole time

[–] Furienna (3342) 4 years ago

Now, I don't remember what I thought when I first read that.
But I don't remember ever thinking that Lupin was a traitor.

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 4 years ago

For a brief moment we were supposed to think he was, it was the scene in the shack when they first find Sirius.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Being a kid at that school must be a nightmare. "Will my teacher this year be a murderer or just an asshole?