Remus, Remus, Remus...

[aldrea279]

No: HPFGUIDX 39274

Pip said: <"I see Remus as someone who is in deep denial about how 
dangerous 
he really is as a werewolf. That's why he allows himself to play 
around with the Maurauders whilst a werewolf, that's why he accepts a 
job in a school full of children who don't know how to defend 
themselves against a werewolf, that's why he forgets to take his 
potion."<

Jferer replied with: <How good was your judgement as a teenager? Mine 
left something to be 
desired. My brother and I used to climb signal towers and look down 
at 
the trains passing underneath. Now I'm a safety manager. Remus had 
friends for the first time in his life, a force so powerful for a 
lonely and despised boy it is irresistible.<


I agree with Lupin being in Denial- but can you blame him?  Dealing 
with this thing as a kid, and then getting to go to a school where he 
can learn to be a full-fledged wizard amongst his peers-- who, best 
of all, DON'T know he's a werewolf and so won't be prejudiced against 
him?  Dumbledore even comes up with a plan that will keep him safe 
from harming anyone and allow him to frollick amongst his peers-- 
what joy!  I should say that would help him along with trying to 
forget he's a werewolf for most of the time.  And then-- oh great 
happiness!-- Lupin makes friends that even accept him as a werewolf, 
friends that are even willing to perform the difficult task of 
becoming Animagi just to be around him even when he's gone all 
bloodthirsty and such.  I should think that compared with his life 
afterwards, Hogwarts was probably his most happiest time.  I'm also 
thinking that he was probably able to function as normally as he ever 
had in his life whilst under the Hogwarts roof.  I'm also willing to 
believe that this had a rather major affect on his decision to go 
back to Hogwarts.  He'd had great times there, been accepted there-- 
and now(during what seems like a hard time in his life) he gets 
offered a teaching position back there?  And once again Dumbledore 
has come up with a plan to help him subdue his wild, werewolf 
tendencies.  A gleam of hope:  he can go BACK to his place of happy 
teenage years, be pretty werewolf free, be respected and liked as a 
teacher, be...well, 'normal' once again.  Yes, I would say that 
greatly affected his decision in accepting "a 
job in a school full of children who don't know how to defend 
themselves against a werewolf"-- he was starting to see himself as 
less of a werewolf, because that's how he desperately -wanted- to 
view himself.  

As for forgetting to take the potion...I very much like the 
explanation about time. 


Ahketsi commented on some of Pip's words about Lupin:< I think that 
what happened that night was a complete accident. I do not think 
Lupin is in denial about how dangerous he is, and I think he really 
hates 
himself for what he almost did. 

In fact, I think all this ganging up on Remus is completely idiotic. 
Some of you act like you're ready to convict him of being a complete 
loser. It's all theorizing, and I believe that time will show what an 
excellent person Lupin is, but we'll just have to wait and see.<

Yes. *nods*  I think Harry will be helping many friends along the way 
through emotional growth- the obvious ones being Ron, Hermione, 
Neville; but also I see his father's peers: Snape, Remus, Sirius. And 
I also agree that he does very much hate himself for what he almost 
did both times; but all the same it did happen twice, so I cannot 
deny the Denial he also harbors.  But when Remus returns, I very much 
believe he will be more intune with himself and how to protect those 
around him more properly- in other words, a bit more responsible with 
his werewolfness.  Although, we never heard anything about Remus 
doing anything...wild...while on his own, now did we? Hmm...


(Prefect Marcus quoting someone else)> Remember that Snape, who has 
seen Remus in his werewolf state, is 
> terrified of him. This is the same Snape who bounces into rooms 
> holding mountain trolls, threatens Dark Wizards, risks death and 
> torture by spying on Voldemort and is prepared to face off a wizard 
> he believes has killed twelve people with a single curse. And he's 
> *scared* of Remus.

Prefect Marcus: I don't see Snape fearing Remus. "Hating" is the term 
I would use. 
They are not the same thing.

Yes.  I can believe that Snape was rather afraid of Remus when he met 
him in the Shrieking Shake that one time when he was younger, and I 
think the hate comes directly from that(atleast, that's the only 
source we know of for the hate- perhaps Remus has done things to 
further irritate Snape- which is really not so hard once you're 
anywhere near his bad side =).  Snape always seems to hate it if he 
shows/does something that he thinks of as a "weakness"--for example, 
his being in debt to James.  He hated James for making him in debt to 
him.  So I think it rather in character of Snape to hate Remus for 
frightening and attempting to murder him.

And I believe that's all I got to say about that....for now. =P

~Aldrea