[HPforGrownups] Re: Professor R J Lupin

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 39647

Cindy wrote:

>I think I'll go with the explanation that the reason the letters on
>Lupin's case are peeling is the same reason that the cuffs on Ron's
>dress robes are frayed -- Lupin used a spell, he wasn't very
>proficient with the spell, so he got a sloppy result.

Amy, always ready to defend Lupin from charges of Evilness, Dishonesty or 
Incompetence, responds:

Or whoever gave him the case and/or put the name on it for him wasn't very 
proficient with the spell.  Let's say it was Peter.  He's a good fall guy.  
;-)

Actually, I think any case is likely to be pretty beat up after 15 years of 
frequent use, and Lupin has been out in the working world for that long.  He 
could have had a professor job straight out of school but lost it, so that 
case and title have been around for a long time.  I don't interpret "unable 
to find paid work" as meaning that he has never landed a job.  It's a phrase 
anyone might use if they can't keep a job consistently enough to stay out of 
poverty, even if they actually have had work on and off.

Or it could be a Flint.  What would JKR do if she didn't have us to go to 
such great lengths to imagine solutions for her?  OTOH, who else would 
notice the holes in the first place?

Amy Z

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