Lupin's Chocolate, WAS: Lupin's sense of humor (and a bun...

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 84296

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Scott Santangelo 
<owlery2003 at y...> wrote:
> 

Batchevra:
> I think that it was a combination of being appointed at the last 
minute, the transformation and not being able to afford somethings, 
is what put Lupin onto the train on Sept. 1. As you said, we don't 
know for sure because canon doesn't tell us. By the way, I looked up 
when the full moon was that year and it was at around 2 AM that date.
> 


Owlery2003 
> Also remember that Lupin is a member of the OOP. Very likely that 
DD had him take the train to keep a closer watch on Harry. It's a 
stretch, but I'll give Lupin credit for being a sharp DADA teacher to 
have a dementor-remedy handy (again, the OOP would probably know 
about the Ministry's decision to send dementors to Hogwarts, and DD 
never trusted the dementors . . .).
> 


Geoff:
Bear in mind that, at the time Lupin was on the train, the OOP seems 
to have been formally disbanded or informally on the back burner.

At the end of GOF, Dumbledore sends Sirius off saying:

"You are to alert Remus Lupin, Arabella Figg, Mundungus Fletcher - 
the old crowd.Lie low at Lupin's for a while. I will contact you 
there."
(GOF p.618 UK edition)

I think that Dumbledore (rather than the OOP itself) was keeping his 
ear close to the ground but it looks from that comment as if the old 
Phoenix members were having to be alerted and "recommissioned".

Geoff