No one was to blame... I think. (was: Re: Lupin's resentment : An inside to

[eloiseherisson at aol.com]

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Justine:
> I don't have my books with me at my dorm, but as far as I remember,  Lupin 
didn't actually >*have* the potion.  Isn't that why Snape stopped  in Lupin's 
office and saw the Marauder's >Map?  To deliver the  wolfsbane?  I don't see 
why Snape would merely stop in to see if Lupin  >drank it, since Snape isn't 
very fond of Remus and also would have no reason  to suspect >that he had 
forgotten to drink it.  So, couldn't it be that  Remus saw Peter's name on the >map, 
but couldn't wait around for Snape to  show up because there was the chance 
that at >that *very* moment, Harry and  company were in mortal danger? 
No, you're right, this *could* be how it was, although I don't think it's  
the implication of the text. However you've made me realise there's another  
discrepancy here.
Snape's actual words in the Shrieking Shack are,
"You forgot to take your Potion tonight, so I took a gobletful  along."
This implies that normally Lupin would *collect* his Potion from Snape,  
which of course is not the case on the only occasion we *see* Lupin take his  
Potion; in this case, too, Snape takes it to Lupin's office. Did he forget on  
that day too? Or perhaps the pattern just changed. After all it was a bit much  
for Snape to *keep* trotting round the castle with goblets of steaming potion,  
not very discreet and not very practical when it had to be drunk hot.
And just to muddy waters I normally keep out of....
I don't really think that any supposed vampire lore (?laws?) really operate  
where JKR's concerned as she reinvents concepts to her own liking, but I do  
recall it being held significant that on that previous occasion, Snape had to  
ask permission to enter Lupin's office. He didn't this time. OK. Perhaps the  
door was open....
~Eloise


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