Mars is Bright Tonight

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 42475

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Linda C. McCabe (Athena) <lmccabe at s...> wrote:

> As for Remus Lupin...I wonder if he has a brother.

Now me:

Oooooooooh - great suggestion!  There was some recent discussion 
about what jobs Remus Lupin might have had in the past, given that 
he's had trouble finding/keeping work due to his monthly werewolf 
transformations.  Perhaps he has a brother named Romulus, and 
the "Professor R. J. Lupin" stamped on his briefcase is his brother's 
name?  I don't believe there is mention of Remus' middle name 
anywhere in the text (if there is, please correct me).  Maybe his 
brother, Romulus J. Lupin, was a professor who turned to the dark 
side, joined up with Voldemort and fought against his brother Remus?  
That could really make for some interesting plot twists!

A "Romulus Lupin" is not mentioned in Voldemort's accounting of the 
Death Eaters in Ch. 33 of GoF, but not all of the Death Eaters are 
identified ("Some of the Death Eaters he passed in silence," p. 651 
Scholastic hardcover edition).

I don't believe Minerva McGonagall and Remus Lupin are ever-so-evil, 
either, but then again, until the end of PoA, I believed Scabbers was 
only a rat...

Cheers,
Phyllis