DADA: Your DADA Posse

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Everyone who has read Harry Potter realizes the importance of having the right people on your side (DA, the Order, Death Eaters, etc). So I was wondering who would you choose to have your back! Also every great posse had a awesome name The Order of the Phenix, Death Eaters, The Marauders, Dumbledore's Army (Ok so not every group.



Details
- You will have to come up with a group of 4 to 5 people and why you chose that person (Canon based- not fanfic based).
- You will come up with their Posse's name.
- You have to have a members from at least 3 houses represented on your Posse
- The members must be from Canon (ie, Marauders time, Harry's time, or professors - so not next gen).
- Make Comments on others people's posse make up that will lead/continue discussion. This isn't "Great Posse" or "I want to Join" or "Very Funny" try to aim for at least 25 words.

Points:
10 points - Making your Posse AND stating why people are on your posse!
2 points - For comments (25 words or more) on other people's posse's (up to 25 points)
10 pt max. for Bonus Item

Dates: submissions from now until 5:59 pm CDT on Nov. 14 (11:59 pm UTC on Nov. 14)



To make things easier:
<b>Posse Name:</b> <b>Posse Member 1</b> <i>Posse Member's House</i> <i>Why he/she is on my posse</i> <b>Posse Member 2</b> <i>Posse Member's House</i> <i>Why he/she is on my posse</i> <b>Posse Member 3</b> <i>Posse Member's House</i> <i>Why he/she is on my posse</i> <b>Posse Member 4</b> <i>Posse Member's House</i> <i>Why he/she is on my posse</i> <b>Posse Member 5</b> <i>Posse Member's House</i> <i>Why he/she is on my posse</i> Name//House

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Comments

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Posse Name: Dark Phoenix
This team does the dirty work that nobody else will. Because when you're fighting a war, you can't win by keeping your hands clean.

Posse Member 1 Severus Snape
Posse Member's House Slytherin
Why he's on my posse Because he's the most badass wizard ever.

We never saw him live up to his true potential, he was handicapped by facing people he couldn't fully fight against (OotP, Minerva, Voldy), but this wizard is well-versed in using/defending against the Dark Arts, and was creating his own spells and improvements on potions from a young age, because he is just that hardcore.

He's been a spy (a triple/quadruple agent?) for over a decade, so he'd be a natural at infiltrating groups and advancing through the ranks to keep informed of what's going on. More than that, he'd be a kickass fighter and the best person to have at your back in a battle.

Posse Member 2 Hermione Granger
Posse Member's House Gryffindor
Why she's on my posse Okay, this chick set Snape on fire in her FIRST year at Hogwarts. There are no limits to what she'll do when the people she cares about are in danger! She's well-read, so she has a vast arsenal of spells to call upon in any situation, and she's grown into a quick and capable fighter.

Moral issues don't trouble her- if the situation calls for it, she'll definitely break all rules to accomplish her mission. She's stolen ingredients and had boys drugged in her second year, she's covered up a werewolf, kept a reporter in a jar, disfigured a girl (and Confunded a boy for personal reasons)...Hermione can put her conscience aside if it's a necessary evil, and she'll sleep well at night afterwards.

Posse Member 3 Cho Chang
Posse Member's House Ravenclaw
Why she's on my posse Cho trained with the DA, and she's a Ravenclaw, so we can count on her to know a wide variety of spells and do research for missions.

I value her loyalty the most- she stood by Marietta even after she was ostracized by the rest of the school- Cho gave up the boy she liked and earned people's disdain for Marietta. It may sound like a small thing, but for a teenager to become unpopular for a girl who's now universally loathed, that's really cool.

And considering the function of this group, someone like her is necessary, to be the heart of the posse, to provide some emotional support and validation, despite the dark things we might do. The average citizen might scorn us, but Cho will understand the necessity of our work, and fully support us.

Posse Member 4 Draco Malfoy
Posse Member's House Slytherin
Why he's on my posse He's morally conflicted, which makes him an easy target- he might initially go down the path of least resistance, but his vestigial conscience will give him some trouble, which we can exploit.

He'd make a great spy, because his sneering condescension and open prejudices make people underestimate him and think they know how his mind works and what motivates him- which means they'd let their guard down. Nobody would suspect Draco Malfoy of being a white hat- well, a grey hat. It's a better fit for him anyway- the typical hero's creed would never suit him (as if he would die, DIE rather than betray his friends!), being a spy and passing on information would be much more his style than open reckless heroics.

Posse Member 5 Nymphadora Tonks
Posse Member's House Hufflepuff
Why she's on my posse She's a METAMORPHMAGUS. I would take full advantage of this! No need for Polyjuice, she could impersonate our enemies to sow distrust in their alliances. She also has Ministry connections/resources for our use.

Tonks is strong-willed- she fell in love with a werewolf, despite widespread prejudice, she defies the beliefs of supremacist relatives, goes against the Ministry, willing to see the truth rather than hide from it, and joins a renegade group in order to fight the good fight. So she'd fit right in here. And with all the gloom-and-doom of murky saving-the-world business, we need her clowning around to relieve some of the tension!

Annie//Hufflepuff