Some Lupin questions

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 58879

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "greatlit2003" 
<hieya at h...> wrote:
> Why didn't Lupin stay in contact with Harry after he left 
Hogwarts?  Lupin would have been in a better position than 
Sirius to advise Harry when he was entered into the Triwizard 
Tournament. Does  Lupin's strange behavior bother anyone 
else?<<

Well, it definitely bothers me! One possible explanation is that 
Lupin, like Tom Riddle, is kind and sympathetic only when it 
suits his purpose. <veg>   Look at  the way he treats the 
Boggart, using it in class and then blasting it to pieces. And what 
ever happened to that Grindylow? Why the detail of the empty 
cage?

> 
> I was bothered by Black and Lupin's incredibly Muggle way of 
> transporting Pettigrew at the end of PoA. Why didn't they do to 
him  what Hermione did to Rita Skeeter at the end of GoF? <<

Rita could have broken out of an ordinary jar just by transforming 
back into human shape. We don't know how long it took 
Hermione to put the Unbreakable Charm on Rita's jar, but 
considering that things like windows  do get  broken in the WW , 
it must be a fairly involved process. Hermione already had 
figured out about Rita, so she could  have had the jar prepared. 

 As for chaining Pettigrew, accused criminals are customarily 
chained in the WW, as the Pensieve trials showed. Stunning 
would probably have seemed excessive once Peter had 
surrendered.  What would we think if  the police stunned  a 
prisoner after he had already been handcuffed and subdued? 

Sirius probably wasn't thinking too clearly, or he would have 
realized that it was a full moon and Lupin would become 
dangerous. And Lupin...well, if he *wanted* Peter to escape, his 
actions make perfect sense. <g>

Pippin