Lupin's intelligence

[joeblackish]

No: HPFGUIDX 30910


> > Several of the professors 
> > have mentioned that James was one of the most brilliant wizards of 
> > his time, and Sirius as well (Dumbledore does at one point, and 
> > McGonagall/Flit do during the "Butterbeer scene" in PA.)  The 
absence 
> > of any such credit being given to Remus isn't necessarily damning, 
> > but it is somewhat telling.


I think that the fact that Remus was missing a week out of every month 
of classes to go turn into a werewolf, yet still managed to graduate 
from Hogwarts suggests that he must have been quite bright.  Also, the 
amazing amount of class time he was missing could explain why he did 
not also end up with top grades.  It was impressive enough that he 
managed to keep up a