Against Evil!Lupin theory (Was Re: Lupin's Shiver...)

[Scott Northrup]

No: HPFGUIDX 49454


I don't know why anyone would think Lupin is evil; C'mon people, the shiver is just a shiver at the thought of the death of someone he cares about.  

Admittedly, this is more of a gut feeling than reliance on evidence, but there are a few points I can make:

First point.  The most important point I can make is this one: Dumbledore trusts Lupin.  Now, he trusted Moody enough to make Moody the DADA teacher, but Crouch Jr. switched places before Moody made it to Hogwarts.  However, there is ZERO evidence that Lupin is anyone but Lupin.  Frankly, there's not a chance in Hades that JKR would write more than one DADA teacher in disguise into the story.  That's meta-reading, but it's still rational.  Now, for just a moment, let's assume someone has taken Lupin's place (no matter how illogical that sounds- I doubt even supporters of the Evil Lupin theory believe this, but I need to prove my original point).  The imposter most certainly has Lycanthropy, or they went to an incredible amount of trouble to fake it (became an Animagus who can turn into a wolf?).  We know Lupin doesn't drink from a hip flask.  If you go and read PoA assuming Lupin is an imposter pretending to be Lupin, you will NOT find evidence supporting it, which is not true if you read GoF with the knowledge that Moody is Crouch Jr.  Okay, I believe I have now established Lupin is most certainly Lupin, not hard, but now I return to my original point.  Dumbldore trusts Lupin enough to make him the DADA teacher.  I simply don't see Dumbledore making this kind of mistake in judgement.

Second point.  Lupin's greatest fear, as shown by the boggart, is the Full moon.  Now, I can only guess this is because he's afraid of turning into a werewolf and hurting innocent people.  I'm sorry, but if Lupin were evil, why would he be afraid of this?  I doubt anyone who was a supporter of Voldemort would be afraid of turning into a werewolf and slaughtering innocents.  Now, there could be another reason to fear the full moon, but I believe my reason would be the most probable.

Third Point.  If Lupin were a Voldemort supporter whose job it was to protect Harry, why would he have resigned at the end of the year?  I don't think Dumbledore would have fired him, though I can see why he accepted Lupin's resignation (unlike Hagrid).  

Fourth Point.  If Lupin were a Voldemort supporter, why didn't he kill Sirius to silence him?

Fifth Point, part A.  If Lupin were a Voldemort supporter, why wasn't he trying to help Voldemort regain his strength?  part B.  If he wasn't trying to help Voldemort regain his strength, then he was probably under orders to watch Harry, and it would have had to be a very,very important order (WHY DID HE RESIGN?!).  Note that in GoF, Voldemort doesn't mention another Loyal supporter aside from Crouch Jr.  (or, he could have been talking about Lupin, but then why didn't he mention Crouch Jr.- doesn't make sense)

Sixth, and possibly the most important Point.  It is our choices that make us who we are- not our heritage, or ability, afflictions, and so on.  This is a central theme of the books.  If Lupin were evil, well, he'd just be another typical werewolf, wouldn't he?  The fact that Lupin is good, kind and dedicated person helps illustrate the aforementioned Theme to the reader.  Lupin turning out evil would go against the 'our choices make us who we are' idea that is so strongly presented.  Of course, he could turn out to be evil, and another werewolf who is truly good could be introduced into the story.  But then, monkeys could fly out of my butt.

Okay, so looking back at what I said earlier, I was incorrect.  I have plenty of evidence as to why Lupin isn't evil.  If the 'Shiver' means anything at all, it means that something very, very, very bad will happen if Harry dies.  I'd like to think that with Maria's recent argument against Evil Lupin, most of the bases are now covered, and the Evil Lupin theory will be squashed.  Of course, people just believe what they want to believe, so. .  . ;)

Personally, while I think Lupin is a good guy, I think he's a dead man.  I just can't see him living through the next few books (also, I seem to recall JKR singling out Lupin as being a character she "loves", and she has also mentioned the difficulties of killing characters she loves- probably coincidence, but who knows.)

-Scott

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