Remus, Severus, mind-games? (Was: Snape: The fact that he exists)

[annoyedpackrat]

No: HPFGUIDX 71610

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "frumenta" <p_yanna at h...> wrote:

> 
> Well... I have a tendency to think people should read my mind... I 
> loathe Sirius. I hated him even before OotP and the new book 
> certainly solidified my hatred of him. Saying I take Sirius over 
> Remus was a sign of my extreme Remus dislike at the moment I wrote 
> the post.

I didn't loathe Sirius, but I sure as heck didn't trust him. He was 
loyal to Harry, which Harry needed, but I wouldn't have trusted him 
to do the right thing for anyone else. Remember, this is the man who 
broke Ron's leg in order to get to Pettigrew. He's not exactly safe 
to be around -- what if he decides he needs to hurt you for 
the 'greater good'? 

And I never quite forgave Sirius for his cold-blooded declaration 
that "Snape deserved [the Prank]".  The geeky oddball you knew in 
high school *deserved* to be eaten by the ravenous monster because he 
annoyed you? Not only did Sirius attempt murder, or at least 
manslaughter, he betrayed Remus as well; if Snape had died, Remus 
would have been facing the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous 
Creatures, and there is *no* indication that Sirius ever understood 
that.
> 
> It's quieted down now. It comes and goes. I don't exactly hate 
> Lupin. I'd just like to see him develop more of a backbone.
> 
So do I. Even as an adult, Remus falls in with whatever his more 
forceful companions are doing -- he agrees to kill Peter Pettigrew 
almost immediately in PoA, he joins back up with the Order at 
Dumbledore's request, etc. He comes across as a follower, and not one 
out of loyalty, but because he doesn't have the courage to stand up 
for his own ideals, unlike Neville of all people.

I always wonder about people who write Remus as an 'alpha werewolf'. 
He doesn't have alpha wolf characteristics. He hasn't got the 
confidence to stand up to others, and wants to be liked too much. 

AnneL