[HPforGrownups] Re: Lupin's power and trustworthiness

[Elefwin]

No: HPFGUIDX 28674

Lupin-fan to Lupin-fan... 

This is an interesting thread, and I somehow saw it 
coming. It's amazing how I've been forced to *think* 
about my instinctive perception of the character, so 
thanks to whoever started it '-)

> So if Crookshanks has no reason to fear Lupin as 
> werewolf, why is Crookshanks backing away from
> Lupin?
And why wouldn't he fear? Perhaps that was his normal, 
natural reaction at a werewolf as something too wild and 
wrong. Plus the stress of the sudden transformation... 
Nerves and instincts. I definitely *would* back away, were 
I a smart Kneazle/cat.

The Patronus: first, the boggart would not turn into a Dementor 
for Remus, and so his Patronus charm would not have a desired 
effect (successfully-driving-a-Dementor-away demo) in his 
special sessions with Harry. We'd need a real Dementor and 
a not scared(!) independent observer to judge... alas, no chance 
this far. But Remus' teaching style and methods speak of professionalism 
to me. Like, he *can* do all those things, even if he's not, er... 
showing off...

Oh, info. O Author almighty, give us more info, will you please?

The trust issue, now... That's hard. I have a theory of my own, 
and a theory it remains unless we're told something essential in 
books 5-(hopefully)7. But shortly, it says that being a werewolf 
transforms a person gravely, and not only once a month. I'm here 
with Snape who can't fathom the way a werewolf's mind works, 
but there ought to be a conflict between conscience and instinct. 
Something that cannot be measured & judged by human standards.
There's an inevitable twist, either you fight or give in. Remus fights, 
and that makes the contradictions obvious... The Animagi secret 
must be somewhere on the border line, IMHO.

(And, in retrospection: Sirius' "joke" has *not* been over and done 
with for about 15 years. Unlike the Animagi mystery & its 
consequences...)

> Cindy (starting to wonder whether all of this werewolf prejudice 
> might have just a teeny, weeny basis in fact)
Why, of course they *do* have a basis. But then it becomes personal. 
I just don't think Remus  - with all his issues - is a good example of a 
common case '-)

Partial me... I have never seen Remus as a *perfect* character, but 
I do trust him. Still. Must be my feline instincts... Hope time will tell.

~E