Lupin and Leadership (was: James, Lupin, and the Head Boy Badge)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 85132

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "abigailnus" .  
>>Dumbledore speaks the truth, simply and plainly.  He never 
sugar-coats it, or tries  to put people at their ease when they 
shouldn't be (with the tragic  exception of Harry).  And neither 
does Lupin. <<<

"I made up all sorts of stories" PoA p354
"I sometimes felt guilty about betraying Dumbledore's trust" 
 PoA p 355
"and I haven't changed" PoA p 356

When has Dumbledore made up all sorts of stories or betrayed 
anyone?

I asked:
> > 
> > But where, tell me, does Lupin take an interest in making 
friends  with his enemies? He reaches out to Ron after Ron calls 
him a  werewolf, but I'd hardly call Ron an enemy. Snape and 
Pettigrew  are Lupin's enemies. I don't see him reaching out to 
them.<<

Abigail:
> 
> Lupin reaches out to Snape all through PoA.  He calls him 
>Severus,  treats him cordially despite Snape's obvious 
>rudeness and blatant  distrust.

Well, if somebody had pulled the Boggart thing on me, it'd take 
more than using my first name to make me believe the purpose 
was to put the past behind us, especially if that past was 
anything like what we saw in the Pensieve.

I find it hard to believe that Lupin had no choice but to handle 
Neville's boggart the way he did. Suppose Neville's boggart had 
been Harry.  What would you think of Lupin's methods then? 

Pippin