Werewolf of London? Paris? Where?

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "southernscotland" 
<southernscotland at y...> wrote:
> This just struck me on the re-reading of the books:
> 
> Where was Remus during the time that Harry was with the Dursleys? 
Why 
> did he never attempt to contact him, or if he did, why did 
Dumbledore 
> not allow him to do so?

Good question. One possiblility might be that Dumbledore is well 
aware of how anti-wizarding world the Durlseys are. It seems vital 
that Harry is left in their care (that ancient protective magic 
thing) so presumably Dumbledore accepts that this will mean Harry 
will be unable to have any contact with wizarding folk except in 
very obscure or hidden ways such as Mrs Figg and being smiled at by 
Dedelus Diggle. I doubt Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia would have 
taken kindly to anyone turning up on their doorstep claiming to be a 
friend of that good for nothing James Potter and wanting to build a 
relationship with Harry. 
> 
> Also, in Book 3, why didn't he tell Harry right up front who he 
was? 
> Like, "I was in a very tight group of friends at Hogwarts, which 
> included your father. Unfortunately, I'm the only one still around 
> here. I'm so sorry he's dead, come here and I'll tell you all 
about 
> him and your mom." 
> 
> And should Harry be mad about this omission?

I think Remus is sort of building up to tell Harry stuff in PoA but 
it is part of his nature to do it slowly and gently. He is reticient 
and perhaps a bit embarrassed about showing feeling - a very English 
reserve there I feel compounded by the secret he has had to hide for 
most of his life. It would make it very hard for him to trust peopel 
and let others into the very centre of his life. Think of his 
reaction when Harry tells him about hearing Lilly and James when 
around the Dementor. I haven't got the text to hand but it says 
something like Lupin made as if to reach out to put an arm round 
Harry and then thought better of it. He would be concerned I think 
not to trade on Harry's feelings about his father and would rather 
build up a relationship with him in his own right before telling him 
how well he knew James. As people have pointed out before Harry 
seems slow to question the people who would have known his parents 
about them. He has a lot of information to handle from age 11 and it 
would take time to assimiliate it all. We are led to believe that 
book 5 will see Harry discovering more and more about his family. Of 
course it is also a very effective plot device allowing JKR to drip 
feed us the readers with as much or as little information as she 
wants at any particular point which I think is the main reason we 
don't get to meet Remus til book 3.

Mercia
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