Slack for Remus Lupin

[cindysphynx]

No: HPFGUIDX 34226

Pippin wrote:

> How about R.E.C.K.L.E.S.S.
> 
> Remus, Evidencing Criminality, Kept Lawlessly Exiting Shrieking 
> Shack ;-) 

Ouch!

Pippin again:
> 
> Okay, we don't know what Remus did. But if the close calls 
> weren't that close, then why should he say that he's still haunted 
> by the risk he took? Is his conscience so needlessly tender? 
>  
> Remus says he became less dangerous when he was with his 
> friends. 

I have a hard time believing that MWPP were really *that* reckless.  
Yes, Lupin says they learned a lot about Hogsmeade and there were 
near misses.  This conjures up the mental image of the four of them 
sauntering down the main street in Hogsmeade.  

But how likely is that, really?  Can a large dog, a wolf, a rat and a 
stag just waltz around town without attracting a great deal of 
attention?  I think Remus is broken up with guilt, having carried 
this terrible secret around with him for years, and he is blowing 
things out of proportion just a bit.  

So, no, his conduct was far from criminal, IMHO.  Indeed, if we are 
going to rank the teenage indiscretion in the books, Remus has a 
fairly low score, compared to certain other reckless teens and 
reckless adults in the books.

Anyway, Pippin, I admire your courage in being willing to take Lupin 
to task.  

Cindy (who knows she strayed from canon a bit in this post and is 
hoping no one will call her one it) 





I suppose that they kept him from the frenzy  that made 
> him bite anything including himself when there were no humans 
> around. But we do see how he acts when there *are* humans 
> present and Sirius is there in dog form. Sirius has to pull him 
> back and gets  bitten and scratched in the process. 
> 
> I can understand their wanting to leave the Shack. All that work to 
> become Animagi, and what did they gain by it? They can't talk in 
> their animal forms, can't play human games, or do much of 
> anything but look sadly at each other. It must have been an awful 
> disappointment. If they had only gone romping in  the Forest I 
> wouldn't blame them so much. People would know to avoid it on 
> a night of  full moon. But the village? And they did it over and 
over, 
> and planned what they did, which is a little different than Ron and 
> Harry suddenly getting a wild hair about taking the Car, or even 
> Sirius blurting (if it was a blurt) how to get into the Willow.
> 
> As for the sheer pleasure of going out to play,well, once they'd 
> discovered the secret entrances, they could get out any time, 
> when Remus wasn't a wolf and not dangerous to anybody.  But 
> they were too much in love with their game by then, I guess. 
> 
> Pippin
> whose teenage close calls were closer than she likes to think