[HPforGrownups] Is Snape unfair with House Points? (WAS Re: Teacher Ratin...

[Kelly Grosskreutz]

No: HPFGUIDX 56893

From: "backstagemystic" <idcre at imap2.asu.edu>

> And in the case of werewolves, he has very good reason to want the
> students to be able to recognize one...because one is among them.
>
> Snape truly considers Lupin to be a serious threat (make that a
> Sirius threat)...a viewpoint of which he is more than justified,
> considering Lupin's gross negligence in forgetting to take his potion
> (He's had this condidtion for HOW many years, and he forgot?!!!).
>
> Had not Sirius been there in his animagus form to fend-off Lupin when
> he transformed into a werewolf, it could have been disastrous for one
> of the trio.

 Just would like to point out that the potion is a relatively new discovery,
and I get the impression that Lupin wasn't able to brew it that well
himself.  He might not have been taking anything for his condition until
arriving at Hogwarts where there was someone skilled enough to make it.

Kelly Grosskreutz
http://www.idcnet.com/~ivanova