Lupin's personality (WAS Re: Lupin as next Headmaster)

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No: HPFGUIDX 78471

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jwcpgh" <jwcpgh at y...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "maria_kirilenko" 
> > <maria_kirilenko at y...> wrote:
>
> > 
> Laura:
> 
> We should distinguish between what Remus (this applies to James and 
> Sirius and even Snape as well) was as a teenager and what hebecame 
as 
> an adult.  Remus may have been on the spineless side at school (at 
> least toward J&S) but as an adult, he seems to me to carry a lot of 
> moral authority.  He never hesitates to stand up to adult!Sirius 
and 
> he can keep such volatile personalities as Mad-eye, Tonks and Molly 
> in line.  
> 
> We don't know what the course of events was that led Remus to 
evolve 
> from a timid teen to a confident adult, but I wonder if it didn't 
> have something to do with James and Lily's deaths.  If he believed 
> that Sirius was responsible, then he could have concluded that his 
> failure to stand up and volunteer to be secret keeper despite his 
> suspicions about Sirius contributed to their deaths.  At that 
point, 
> he must have done some very painful self-evaluation and decided 
that 
> fighting LV was only one part of his moral responsibilities.  He 
> found in himself (belatedly, but better than never) what DD had 
known 
> was there all along.
> 
> I think he'd make a splendid headmaster.  Of course, Snape's head 
> would explode...\

I agree with you Laura.  I also see a lot of similarities in 
personalities between DD and Lupin.  Both are soft spoken, both are 
tollerant, both see things in a totally different light than most and 
both trust certain individuals when others don't.  I do not think 
that Lupin is DD's son or grandson but I have wondered if there isn't 
some relationship.
Susan who truly does like Lupin