Rulebreaking (Official Philip Nel Question #6)

[catlady_de_los_angeles]

No: HPFGUIDX 38522

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "marinafrants" <rusalka at i...> wrote:

> Now that I think of it, the only example I can think of where one
> of the good guys engages in "type 3" rulebreaking is Sirius and his
> Prank.  (snip)
> but I did get the definite feeling that Lupin does not approve.  

Remus *could* have an entirely selfish reason for disapproval: what 
does MoM do to a werewolf who bites a wizard? At the very least, 
having to leave Hogwarts. Possibly imprisonment or execution.

Also, as a fairly mature and thoughtful person, or as a person who 
cares about Sirius, he probably thought that Sirius was being a 
complete idiot to take so much risk to his Sirius-self (does murder 
by use of a werewolf rate a life sentence in Azkaban?) for so little 
purpose.

I love Remus for, among other things, his kindness and decency, but I 
doubt whether, at the age of 16, he would have been other than 
pleased if Severus had been offed in some way that didn't involve 
the Gryffindors: eaten by a chimaera, or (better yet) cursed by 
some fellow Slytherin for some obscure Slytherin reason.

Would it have bothered Remus if Severus had dissolved himself in his 
own cauldron during PoA, other than his need for Wolfsbane Potion? 
Maybe sympathy for Dumbledore feeling the loss of his inexplicably 
valued colleage.