[HPforGrownups] Remus isn't THAT nice

[Chelsea2162 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 39130

In a message dated 5/27/2002 10:24:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
foxmoth at qnet.com writes:

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 First of all Remus is dangerous. There's no telling when he will 
 forget to take his potion, except for the narrative certainty that it 
 will be at absolutely the wrong time. <g> 
 
 But more importantly, Remus isn't  *always*  kind. I really 
 wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of him. He might send a 
 piece of chewing gum flying up my nose or humiliate me 
 Snape-boggart fashion.
 
 Which makes me wonder... it would be interesting, wouldn't it, if it 
 turned out that Remus really was in on the you-know-what? He 
 never really said that he wasn't, did he? And Snape's suspicions, 
 while often overblown, are seldom all-together off the mark 
 either. 
 
 Pippin
 
  >>
     Yes, Remus is dangerous in wolf form, but I've always pictured him as 
very intelligent and friendly and kind. True, he was acted a bit stupid 
during his school years when he and the MWPP group snuck off while he was in 
werewolf form, but can you reealy blame him? It was stupid and someone 
could've gotten hurt, but he wanted to be normal so badly, and he took the 
precautions and had James and Sirius transform inro large animals to keep in 
him check. 
    And I always thought that Remus was very kind. Yea, he shot a piece of 
gum up Peeve's nostril, but c'mon! He's an annoying POLTERGEIST and it 
wouldn't of hurt him. Annoyed him? Yes. Hurt him? No. And I dont understand 
the Humiliate Me With A Boggart Idea, unless you're referring to the 
Grandmother!Snape incident, which he used in order to make Neville feel 
secure and able.
    It would be a great twist if Remus was in league with V (imagaining 
Sirius slapping his head and saying "you WERE a spy!") But I just can't 
picture it. Instances such as when Harry was telling him how he could hear 
his parents dying, and Remus makes a move to hold his shoulder, seem to prove 
to me that he cared deeply for his friends, and isn't a bad guy.

*Chelsea*