Lupin the questionably evil

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 39649

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., dfrankiswork at n... wrote:

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> While we are on the subject of deceit and the train journey in 
POA, a thought for Pippin: I know that it is questionable canon to 
use JKR inteview quotes, but do we have an explanation (other 
than evil!Crookshanks) for why Crookshanks the alleged 
part-Kneazle does not react to evil!Lupin?

I dealt with this in a previous post. Crookshanks doesn't react to 
Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle when they make their appearance in 
chapter 5  on the Hogwarts Express.  It would be difficult to argue 
that those three are *all* benign. Their appearance is  extremely 
brief, and they do  nothing aside from sneering at Ron and being 
scared off by sleeping Lupin.  I  wonder what the purpose of it is, 
if it isn't to establish that Crookshanks doesn't have full Kneazle 
abilities <g>. 

IMO, Crookshanks simply can't detect unsavoury individuals, just 
as Fleur can't fly. He can tell when people are transformed, so he 
reacts to Sirius and Pettigrew.  

   Another thing I noticed on re-reading PoA is that Scabbers 
sticks his nose out of Ron's pocket on Christmas Day...when he 
knows Lupin will not spot him. That doesn't tell us anything 
about Lupin, but it's an interesting bit of business.

Pippin
whose mental image of Lupin now sports a tatty persian lamb 
collar and cuffs because he is a wolf in sheep's clothing.