Marauder's Map; Snape vs. Lupin

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 4709

> 
> Yes, it's PERSONAL.  Not just a generic bit of magic parchment from 
a joke
> shop; it's personally tailored to Snape.
> 
> You know, when Lupin reads the parchment, Harry notices that he 
seems to be
> doing some fast thinking.  I'll bet that in some small corner of 
his mind,
> Lupin was also struggling to keep from breaking out into wild 
guffaws of
> laughter.

I would agree.

> 
> There are several references in the text to the fact that Snape 
didn't get
> along with James when they were all in school together.  How did he 
get along
> with Lupin himself when they were young?  I strongly suspect the 
answer is "not
> well."  Besides the fact that Snape hated James and perhaps Sirius, 
Lupin's
> best friends, there was all the fallout from James' prank.  I 
suspect Snape and
> Lupin never exactly had close confidential chats between classes.
> 
Of course, Snape hated all the Marauders...he wanted to be one of 
them, or sleep with them or something...


> You know, I think I would like to be a fly on the wall in the 
teacher's lounge
> during the year Lupin is teaching at Hogwarts--I will bet that the 
interaction
> between Lupin and Snape has been fraught all year, particularly on 
Snape's part
> (well, practically everything is fraught on Snape's part).  There 
was the
> business about Snape assigning the werewolf essay to Lupin's class, 
too.

Absolutely! Snape was agitating with Professor Dumbledore throughout 
the year that Lupin was not to be trusted, was in league with Black, 
etc. etc. 

> 
> Yep, I bet they STILL don't have close, confidential chats after 
class.
> 
> Is the hostility all on Snape's side?  Or is there some on Lupin's 
side as
> well?  I haven't really seen much in the way from hostility from 
Lupin.  Even
> when confronting Peter in the Shrieking Shack, he doesn't seem 
furiously angry
> the way Sirius does, just grimly determined.  Does he just hide 
hostility
> well?  Does he exorcize it all once a month during the full month, 
so he's
> really extraordinarily mild-mannered the rest of the month?
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Peg

I just think Lupin is a basically good guy. He's experienced a lot
of hardship...ostracism, unable to get a good job, poverty...and
he's one of those people who has come from hardship being well 
integrated.....

Susan