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

[Erin]

No: HPFGUIDX 78552

Ev vy
>>Frankly, I disagree with the opinion that anything that Lupin did was done out of cowardice.

Erin:
I'm certainly not going to shout at you, but I am going to disagree. Simply because JKR herself has said that Lupin's greatest failing is not standing up to his friends because of his neediness, not just loyalty. He lets them get away with too much. That, in effect, makes him a coward. I wouldn't call myself a coward, as he does, willingly if I could offer up another excuse. It's not natural. 

Also, the boggart scene really isn't taunting. If anyone's taunting Snape in that scene, it's Neville, not Lupin. It's Neville's fear after all. Lupin helps him cope with it. Where Lupin more likely went wrong was when he covered up for Harry during the Maraurders' Map scene, but he also scolded Harry afterwards.  

Based on his acknowledgement to Harry of his past mistakes, it seems clear he's repentant. And based on his ability to stand up to Sirius et al. in Book V, he wouldn't let it happen again. I agree that he's grown up. He's too sensitive to just be a pure pragmatist, anyway. It's not how Rowling has drawn his character and is inconsistent with her own comments regarding his weakness. 

Also, he didn't just accept Sirius's story. He only started to believe the possibility when he saw Pettigrew on the map. He was quite hard on Sirius throughout PoA. 

Having said that, Lupin is still too young to be Headmaster I think. I think he has important obligtions to the Order to fulfill, and perhaps to Harry as well, that he couldn't commit to as Headmaster. Maybe in the end??

erin
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