[HPforGrownups] Lupin: Romulus, Remus, and werewolves

[Heather Glude]

No: HPFGUIDX 31944

On Wednesday, December 19, 2001, at 05:42 AM, Elizabeth Dalton wrote:

> Maybe Remus Lupin's parents were *also* werewolves? I mean, with a 
> family name
> like "Lupin"...! It would explain why he was bitten so young, as well. 
> And given
> Rowling's clear lack of prejudice against Lupin as a werewolf, we might 
> suppose
> she doesn't think any werewolves are necissarily evil.
>
While I think this would be a fascinating story, I don't think it's 
true. In PoA, when we first hear about Remus being a werewolf, Lupin 
says "I was a very small boy when I received the bite. My parents tried 
everything, but in those days there was no cure." If he did come from a 
long line of werewolves, it seems that they probably wouldn't be trying 
to cure him.

Heather G.

"There's a whisper on the night-wind,
there's a star agleam to guide us,
And the Wild is calling, calling...let us go." - Robert Service