Lupin As Volunteer Auror? (WAS Lupin Oddities)

[Cindy C.]

No: HPFGUIDX 30046

Cassie wrote (regarding Lupin):

> What gets me, is when he says he can't find work because no one 
will hire a 
> werewolf. Was he saying that because of self pity? Or did he 
actually mean 
> that people knew he was a werewolf? I mean, if news that Lupin was 
a werewolf 
> had reached so many ears that he couldn't find decent work, I 
assume there 
> would a number of complaints. Also, wasn't it mentioned somewhere 
that all 
> werewolfs are registered? Imagine of Lucius Malfoy knew! I doubt 
he'd spare 
> Draco the news, and that Draco would keep it quiet. 
> 
> My thought is that Dumbledore convinced the MOM to trust his 
judgement, that 
> Lupin was OK, but I still feel there would be some who would know 
and openly 
> oppose. 


Hi, Cassie.

First, let me provide Lupin's words:  "[Dumbledore] let me into 
Hogwarts as a boy, and he gave me a job when I have been shunned all 
my adult life, unable to find paid work because of what I am."  PoA, 
Ch. 18.

My (unsupportable) gut feeling is that Lupin lives in a small town 
where word gets around that he is a werewolf, either from rumors or 
because someone does check the registry.  He is shunned not because 
his condition prevents him from holding a job, but due to prejudice.  

After all, one can assume that unless Snape is around to brew the 
wolfsbane potion, Lupin is still suffering through his 
transformations and running around as a werewolf once a month.  This 
must be dreadful for property values around town.  :-)  Indeed, one 
can also imagine that Lupin must live a transient existence, moving 
on to the next town when the neighbors have had just about enough, 
making it even more difficult to hold a steady job.

So why don't the Malfoys blow the whistle on Lupin and get him fired 
from Hogwarts?  Probably because Lucious Malfoy has no reason to pay 
attention to the activities of Lupin.  There is no reason to think 
there is any history between them, so Lucious probably never bothered 
to look at the werewolf registry.

Cindy