Snape and (sigh) Lupin

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 28953

I wrote:

><-his skulking around in GF "The Egg and the Eye"--again, doing a <little 
>independent
>investigating in dangerous times.  Is this <wise?

Susanne wrote:

>Oh, but here you're *really* unjust: First, it happened near his office and 
>probably also his
>rooms, so it's only logical that he went to see whether somebody tried to 
>get at his private
>stores. And when he saw his office door open, of course he went to search 
>for the culprit and
>maybe even to alert Dumbledore- but on his way he came across Filch and 
>Moody.

I agree; he's being perfectly reasonable here.  You could even say that none 
of my examples is convincing in itself.  But taken together, they show a 
pattern.  We don't see McGonagall or Flitwick wandering around the castle at 
night; we see Snape.

I also agree that Snape is not a rule-breaker per se.  But we know Harry's 
motivation is frequently not to break a rule but to do something that he 
thinks only he can do (go after the Stone in 1, solve the Chamber 
mystery/save Ginny in 2--a friend of mine just pointed out that there's a 
shift in PoA because he's breaking a major rule without any such noble 
motive, but purely because he wants to go to Hogsmeade).  This is the 
similarity--the stubbornness and, as Snape sees it in Harry, the arrogance 
of setting out on one's own to solve a dangerous problem.

However:

>--jenny from ravenclaw, suddenly feeling warm and fuzzy towards Snape

Don't go overboard, now.

Pippin wrote:

>Lupin "accidentally" forgot to take his potion, also disobeying
>Dumbledore's wishes, and endangering the whole school.

Wait a sec.  Are you suggesting that Lupin forgot on purpose?  Why would he 
do that?

Amy Z
watching helplessly as the worms crawl out of a freshly opened can and into 
the "character" section of the Lupin FAQ

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