Lupin/Moody (WAS Re: Would JKR Make Lupin Evil?)

[aldrea279]

No: HPFGUIDX 39960

Debbie wrote:
>In PoA, Lupin now has two secrets: the werewolf secret he's keeping 
>from the 
>students, and the animagus secret he's keeping from Dumbledore. He's 
>so 
>haunted by the possible consequences of his secrets being discovered 
>that he 
>doesn't want to tell anyone anything, because it might put him on 
>the 
>slippery slope of telling too much. 

>So he's become the master of understatement, reluctant to reveal 
>anything, 
>and always in control of his emotions. His manner is mild, his 
>speech 
>controlled. He even smiles at his enemies and speaks kindly of them, 
>as he 
>does when Snape brings him the potion. (ch. 8, p. 156)

I have to say that this, which I fully agree with, helps to shoot 
down the Evil!Lupin Theory's support of Lupin's likenesses to Crouch!
Moody.

As Debbie said, because of the secrets and guilt he was carrying,  
Lupin did "become the master of understatement, reluctant to reveal 
anything, and always in control of his emotions. His manner is mild, 
his speech controlled."  And Crouch!Moody did very much the same 
thing. Barty Jr. had to play the role of Moody- and as we see, not 
much time to prepare for it.  He escaped the night of the World Cup, 
correct? He then still had to capture Alabaster "Mad-Eye" Moody. He 
had to be the slightly crazy, completely paranoid, yet very 
knowledgeable and very seasoned Aurora that Real!Moody is.  His words 
were chosen, he had to react the way Moody would and not let himself 
slip- a slip up could lead to disaster, as it could also in Lupin's 
case.  Also, I think Lupin's choosiness with his words also leads 
people to see the double-sidedness of them.  All of this, I think, is 
why people see so many similarities between them.

I don't see Lupin as evil in the least.  I see him as a normal, 
flawed person.  People make mistakes- they sometimes keep quiet when 
it might have been better not to do so, they might have thought they 
were doing the right thing, tried to do the right thing, but came out 
with the wrong thing happening in the end.

~Aldrea (I've somehow gotten about 6 pages behind [darned attempts to 
actually get a life =P], so I'm sorry if any of this has been said- 
I'm tryinng to catch up, really.)