[HPforGrownups] Re: Professor R J Lupin
Amy Z
aiz24 at hotmail.com
Mon Jun 10 14:28:15 UTC 2002
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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