[HPforGrownups] Lupin's Shiver When Confroted by Hermione's Accusations i...

[srsiriusblack at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 49403

In a message dated 07/01/2003 17:39:37 Eastern Standard Time, hodgins at ssi.net 
writes:


> This shiver that Lupin gives when responding to Hermione's 
> accusations in the Shrieking Shack has been on my mind.  What might 
> it mean? 
> "I have not been helping Sirius get into the castle and I certainly 
> don't want Harry dead..." An odd shiver passed over his face.  But I 
> won't deny that I am a werewolf."(quoting Lupin on p.345 of the 
> American Hardcover version)
> 
> It does seem to support a number of theories out there, including:
> 
> a) Lupin traded bodies with James before he was killed and now James 
> (in Lupin's body), who would want to protect Harry above all other 
> things, shivers at even the thought that he would ever harm his 
> beloved son.
> 
> b) Is Lupin being less than honest?  Does the shiver signify that 
> under some, yet unknown circumstances, he would consider harming 
> Harry?  Perhaps, the ultimate destruction of Voldemort may require 
> the death of Harry (forgive the Savior concept) and Lupin foresees 
> this possible sacrifice.
> 
> c) Maybe the shiver only relates to his distaste at having to reveal 
> his condition of werewolf to Harry and Ron.
> 
> I'm fishing around here.  Have others been struck by this line?
> 

I'm not a big fan of the Lupin/James body switching theory, so I am biased on 
this concept. To me the shiver was a sign of self hatred. Lupin, forced to 
live with a condition that not only is a great impediment to his health, his 
relations with others but also a condition which yeilds him an outcast in the 
WW, is ashamed and probably at this moment questions whether or not this 
revelation will tarnish the loving pseudo-fatherly position that he has been 
in with Harry throughout the year.

In this particular scene, the truths have not yet been revealed. If I 
remember correctly, RHH are armed, Lupin and Black are not. Lupin is a 
position of great danger, but I truly feel that more than the fear for his 
own life, he fears that Harry will not learn the truth before rage and anger 
at the revelation of Lupin's werewolfieness takes control and causes Harry to 
raise his wand.

Just a few thoughts as I catch up with the other 50 posts I missed today.

-Snuffles


"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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