[HPforGrownups] Re: S/D (Was: setting the cat down

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 2005

foxmoth at qnet.com wrote:

>         I am wondering why you would say this...I thought the situation in
> PoA where Lupin seems to be afraid to even touch Harry and then (fast
> forward)has to leave the school because of  potential scandal and
> parental outrage was sensitive and  subtle and very moving...Or am I
> reading too much into it?

I thought Lupin didn't want to touch Harry because he didn't want to cause a proud boy to break down at a very vulnerable moment. Teenage boys, in my experience, don't like to cry in front of
people, especially ones they think highly of. I thought he had to leave the school because parents would withdraw their children if a werewolf were there--it's dangerous. I am amazed at the
amount of sexual undertones people have found here, and I don't know that they're necessary to explain or justify the love.

--Amanda