MD Alternative: Lupin is the agent. (WAS Objections to Magic Dishwasher - Sh

[pippin_999 <foxmoth@qnet.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51858

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tom Wall 
<thomasmwall at y...>" <thomasmwall at y...> wrote:

> ENTER SNAPE, desperate, angry, and bent on revenge. Snape 
screws the  whole thing up. 
> 
> But look - Lupin is still the source of calm, of reason. <<



I could almost buy this. But Lupin's line to Snape:
"You fool," said Lupin softly. "Is a schoolboy grudge worth putting 
an innocent man back in Azkaban?"

Does that sound like the language of someone who is bent on 
calm, rational discourse? If that were an HPfGU post, and Lupin 
were a moderated member, it would be rejected for tone. 

And then there's this.
> 
> "You forgot to take your potion tonight, so I took a gobletful 
> along." 
> (PoA, US paperback, "The Servant of Lord Voldemort," 358) 
> 
> 
> "And two of us should be chained to this," said Black, nudging 
> Pettigrew with his toe. "Just to make sure."
> "I'll do it," said Lupin.
> (PoA, US paperback, "The Servant of Lord Voldemort," 377) 
> 
> 
> Right. Lupin's first in line to be cuffed to Pettigrew. Why? Well, 
> exactly BECAUSE he didn't take the potion. 
> 
> Careful, meticulous, thoughtful Lupin, who beyond anything 
doesn't  want to risk attacking a student, who just told the kids 
that he felt  guilty about putting other people at risk when he was 
a kid. Why  would he do that? 
> 
> Well, just speculating here, but he knows that he needs 
Pettigrew to escape - so if two "other" people are chained to 
Peter, then that  might not happen. But if *he* is chained to Peter, 
then what better  way to help that along than turning into a 
werewolf en route? <<<

Ingenious, but Lupin transforms physically even if he takes his 
potion:

"As long as I take it in the week preceding the full moon, I keep 
my mind when I transform....I am able to curl up in my office, a 
harmless wolf, and wait for the moon to wane again. " --PoA ch 
18. 



Pippin