Remus isn't THAT nice

[bluesqueak]

No: HPFGUIDX 39146

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Chelsea2162 at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 5/27/2002 10:24:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> foxmoth at q... writes:
> 
Pippin says: 
>  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> 

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>  
Chelsea says:
>      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. 
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I see Remus as someone who is in deep denial about how dangerous he 
really is as a werewolf. That's why he allows himself to play around 
with the Maurauders whilst a werewolf, that's why he accepts a job in 
a school full of children who don't know how to defend themselves 
against a werewolf, that's why he forgets to take his potion.

Yes, he pays lip service to his dangerousness. But he doesn't act 
like he believes it. He acts as if he thinks that there is still 
going to be some smidgen of self restraint in him. As if he thinks 
that he's not *really* going to kill anyone, right?

If Remus truly believed that he was a monstrous killer while 
werewolf, then the FIRST thing he would have done on seeing Peter 
Petigrew's name on the map would have been to think 'Arggh! It's a 
full moon', run like heck to Snape's office and ask 'is that potion 
ready?' and THEN go after Peter. Instead he forgets, transforms, 
nearly kills the Trio, lets Peter escape and ruins Sirius's chance of 
freedom. (Admittedly remembering the potion would have ruined the 
plot, but still...)

Remember that Snape, who has seen Remus in his werewolf state, is 
terrified of him. This is the same Snape who bounces into rooms 
holding mountain trolls, threatens Dark Wizards, risks death and 
torture by spying on Voldemort and is prepared to face off a wizard 
he believes has killed twelve people with a single curse. And he's 
*scared* of Remus.

It may be an unpopular view, but I think Remus is the first sign we 
have that Dumbledore doesn't always trust the right people. I also 
think Snape was right in forcing his resignation at the end of GoF.

Pip
(who also thinks Human!Remus is very nice. But wouldn't like to live 
with him.)