Vampire Snape/Knowing Lucius was a DE/Remus as Spy (WAS: Thoughts and questi

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In a message dated 4/26/03 6:34:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, : 
"darrin_burnett" <bard7696 at aol.com> writes:

> Melpomene wrote:
> 
> > So, Remus, being Remus simply decided to push Snape's buttons and 
> > assign a vampire essay. Remus IS a werewolf--there would be little 
> > point to him being upset by the werewolf essay, but as Severus is NOT 
> > (IMO) a vampire--*that* assignment would annoy they h*ll out of him. 
> > Especially since he'd be expected to sub again in 28 days and was 
> > bound to get a question or two....
> > 
> 
> Remus thought that Snape assigned the werewolf essay to get students 
> to figure out that Remus was a werewolf, start a panic, and get Remus 
> fired. That's not an inaccurate guess, considering that Snape DID 
> manipulate events to get Lupin fired by "accidentally" letting it 
> slip that Lupin is a werewolf.
> 
> Yeah, no reason AT ALL for Lupin to get upset about that...
> 
> 

Reading PoA, I can't decide if Remus is sincerely trying to make nice with 
Snape, or playing an elegant mind-game with him by 'nice-ing' him to death.

Considering that Snape rebuffs every overture that Remus makes -- for 
example, calling him by his given name (Snape responds with 'Lupin' each 
time) -- and actively if sneakily trying to inform the students that he is a 
werewolf with the fact that Remus was a Marauder and thus part of an old 
rivalry with Snape, you have to wonder what the heck is going on. Especially 
given the occasional glimpse we get of the adult interactions that Harry 
doesn't usually understand.

AnneL



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