Slack for RL

[mjollner]

No: HPFGUIDX 34223

--- "judyserenity" <judyshapiro at e...> wrote:

> I'm with the crowd that wants to give Remus some slack.  (An 
acronym! 
>  We need an acronym!) 

I submit the following:
G.R.A.B. - Give Remus a Break!
P.R.A.W.N.A.M. - Poor Remus -- A Werewolf, Not a Monster!
O.W.L.M.O.M. - Our Wonderful Lupin, Man of Mystery!
R.A.T.M.A.N. - Remus, a Terrible Monster? Altogether: No!

(This is harder than it looks...O Tabouli, where art thou??)

judyserenity continues:
> Several people here have talked about Remus going around in his 
youth, 
> terrifying people while in wolf form.  We don't know that he ever 
did 
> any such thing.  All he talks about is "near misses" -- it's not 
clear 
> that any of these misses involved terrifying anyone.  

I'm with you, sister, about those "near misses."  Those who think 
unduly ill of our beloved werewolf's youthful escapades should bear in 
mind that when in the Shrieking Shack in PoA, he's trying in haste to 
explain some very painful personal history to the disbelieving Trio.  
Hermione calls him on the risks he took, for which he feels ever so 
guilty now.  But just imagine the freedom he felt at being able to be 
out with his friends for the first time in his life (on top of the 
gratification of *having* friends for the first time in his life).  
The good influence they had on his mind during the full moon, plus the 
sheer size of Padfoot and Prongs, were enough to settle his conscience 
about the danger he posed to others while "out."  

And now I need to stop, because the title of that bad B movie from the 
1950s, "I Was a Teenage Werewolf," won't leave my head!  Uh oh, I'm 
getting the giggles...

Mjollner, whose Dream Wizard is a cross between Sirius and Remus 
(sigh!)