Why Snape Was Forced To Teach Potions [Harry Potter Theory]

Today Ben dives into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter to unveil WHY Snape is forced to teach potions year after year despite being MORE than qualified to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts, especially when you consider some of the folks who were actually hired..

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[SuperCarlinBrothers]

Join us for another round of Harry Potter Trivia this Friday, June 5 at 4pm Eastern!

[rhombicosidodecahedron]

The real theory I'm taking away from this video is that Snape hated James so much that he refused to line the pockets of Fleamont Potter, and never bought any hair products ever again.

[vorobuh_the_]

“Dumbledore’s big plan” series finished, time for “Dumbledore’s small plans”

[adenosinetriphosphate]

“ You applied for Defense Against the Dark Arts?”
“Yes”
“And you were... unsuccessful?”
“Obviously”
Ron: **giggles**

**SLAP**

[jasoncolvin]

I also noticed that in all the years snape was potions master, he never assigned the students instructions from the book. He always conjured it up on the board. Which is why Hermione's potions were always perfect until 6th year. When she started having to use the book, she started struggling. But the only student 6th year that excelled was still using the written instruction of snape.

[Potato-pnsg]

"Why does Snape teach potions?"

"He wanted to teach herbology, BUT HIS LILY DIED!"

[mackenzieoakes]

One crucial part you are forgetting here, is that the only reason Slughorn even says Harry is as good as his mother at potions, was becuase he was reading out of Snapes book in the first place. So snape was according to Slughorn already as good as lily but unrecognized.

[peverell_kaur]

Lol imagine it being just that Dumbledore has more trouble finding a potions teacher than a dark arts teacher... I mean, the potions position opens up in 6th year and Dumbledore has to get Slughorn, who was hiding as a chair, and CONVINCE him to take the job

[UnorthodoxSoundwave.]

So.... Dumbledore puts Snape in the position of Potions Teacher to psychologically torture him into protecting Harry using the death of his One and Only Crush?




Sounds about right.

[SpaceJesus]

Counter thoery: Snape was such a potions nerd that he did what hermione did and red the advanced textbooks ahead of time. And then he like Lily so much that he helped her in all of their classes and it got her good grades. Snape did for Lily exactly what Hermione does for Harry and Ron in their potions classes - sneaky little fixes, tips, helping out so that their grades don't slip because they're friends.

[silver]

Next episode:
Why Quirell was holding the iguana

[thieuthieu]

Snape "Re-Wrote the book on potions." That's how good he was. Nobody in the Wizarding World was better.

[demetrisloukas]

A lot of people are saying this but I feel like it's pretty implied that Snape is the best potions master alive if not of all time. He dismisses the book and his own instructions always prove better. Hermione starts struggling in year six when she stops following his instructions and Harry starts actually being good at the subject when he starts following his instructions. Snape's knowledge is constantly proven to be much wider than the one of the book and if a lot of people knew what he knows they would have updated the books and teaching material. He's probably the only one who has ever understood potions in such depth

[triplethreat]

Who else loves how they’ve been making Harry Potter theories for the last few months

[AustynSN]

Another idea that just popped into my mind as to why Lilly was considered better than Severus in potions class: When they were in school, Lilly was probably just mastering and memorizing what was in the text book. If she did this well, then she could easily become "the best in the class" in Slughorn's eyes. However, Snape wasn't just following rules, he was experimenting, trying new things, and examining the underlying rules of the potions to TRULY MASTER them. Undoubtedly, this experimentation probably led to several wrong paths that actually made him seem incapable or even inept at the lessons.
As an amateur master of muggle home practical potions (IE cooking), I can verify that for every "Cheese Corn Stuffing" or "Purrizzos" I've created, there have been five other recipes that only my dogs have enjoyed.

[Sadeyr]

I always thought the reason he wasn't allowed to teach defense against the dark arts was due to it being cursed, and Dumbledore not wanting to risk someone as important as Snape getting affected by the cursed position until he absolutely needed the students to be prepared for what was to come.

[annaz]

I always assumed it was because of the curse against the defense against the dark arts teachers and since Dumbledore wanted to keep Severus at Hogwarts he gave Snape a safer position (potions)

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

Snape: I don't want to
Dumbledore: *Dew it*

[clintonweir]

Well, there is the fact that the Defense Against the Dark Arts job is cursed, which is why there's a new teacher every year. DD probably doesn't want Snape to be cursed.

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