[HPforGrownups] Re: What about Lupin?

[srsiriusblack at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 55611

Hello Neotoma73 at aol.com,

In reference to your comment:

è Also, I'd like to note that Snape didn't spill the beans
è about Lupin until Lupin *failed to take the potion*.
è Yeah, Snape was very angry and spiteful over the
è whole Shrieking Shack mess, but he had a rock-solid
è reason to do it to. Lupin couldn't be trusted to take the
è Wolfsbane, couldn't be trusted not to endanger the
è students.   That's something to keep in mind when
è wondering about Lupin's general trustworthiness. He
è might have the best of intentions, but so far his
è judgement/follow-through hasn't been the best.


I tend to disagree. Lupin didn't show any signs of not being trustworthy to 
drink the Wolfsbane on the night of Peter's escape and the Shrieking Shack 
Fiasco. He simply forgot in his rush to save the Trio from Peter and to prove 
Sirius Black's innocence- actually it was more to the discover the truth, but 
in the end, this is what he managed. 

Regardless, Lupin realised that the Trio was in danger, and he promptly set 
off for the Shrieking Shack. Not taking the wolfsbane was a simple mistake. 
He overlooked it in his rush to save the people he loved and to once and for 
all discover the truth about his best friend.

Snape was vindictive. He *had* 'tried to spill the beans' about Lupin when he 
assigned the essay on werewolves; however only clever Hermione discovered the 
truth. Snape in the end wanted glory and retribution. His actions were not 
motivated by Lupin's untrustworthiness as a werewolf or a person, but by his 
own want for glory, fame, and to put Lupin and Black away or kill them 
forever. They were his enemies in school and to some degree, even after 
Dumbledore's encouragement to 'shake hands' and let go of the past still are. 


We know more about Lupin and Black than we do of Snape. We only see that 
Lupin,Black and Potter(sr) were much like the Trio when they were at Hogwarts 
and that Snape was their enemy- much like Malfoy is to the Trio. We know what 
JKR has shown us of Black and Lupin's past; whereas, Snape is still sketchy. 
We do not know if he is still a double agent, nor do we know for which side 
he is really going to fight. We know that he is cruel and slimy. We know that 
he works without patience for others. But, we still have been shown that he 
is vindictive and will destroy others for his own benefit.

So, again, I say I disagree. Lupin certainly has shown some disregard for 
rules- but who of our loveable characters has not? We saw his internal 
struggle to tell Dumbledore or stay true to his pact with James, Sirius... 
and Peter for that matter. Perhaps his loyalties were off, or maybe it was 
the power of friendship that prevented him from going to Dumbledore with the 
truth. We will really have to wait to find out.

I still stand firm on my beliefs that Lupin will play a major role in 
everything to come and I still do not buy into Evil!Lupin, one bit.

-Snuffles who took a break from the list only to find she missed it.
'All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty 
recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the 
dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with 
open eyes, to make it possible. This I did.'  T.E. Lawrence- Seven Pillars of 
Wisdom




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