How Close Are Harry and Lupin?

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 96856

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "caesian" <caesian at y...> wrote:

Caesian:
 
>Lupin, is often questioned, and we see his sage-in-development-
>like characteristics interpretted as an act to conceal something, 
>perhaps even something sinister. 

<snip> 

>The reason I find the conflicting responses to Lupin so fascinating 
>is that (IMhumbleO)they reflect well the conflicting, real-life 
>confusion about his characteristics. When someone is tolerant, calm 
>and self-contained - perhaps a bit morose, and openly reflective 
>and depressed by their own failings - it's just confusing.  They 
>don't fit in an acceptable box

Renee:

Very insightful post, everything I snipped included. Maybe my 
personal reason for not believing that Lupin's composure necessarily 
hides something sinister (apart from his being a werewolf) is that I 
lived with such a person - I can't remember him shouting at me more 
than once in a dozen years. Just like Lupin: analytical and 
reflective, bothered by his own failings, anything but judgmental - 
sometimes I wondered if he *had* any opinions. Also, for an 
emotional person, very difficult to live with, precisely because of 
this infuriating calm. But basically honest, without hidden agendas 
of any kind. 

While reading Caesian's post it suddenly struck me that we've got an 
example of an ESE!Lupin believer within the series: Sirius Black. He 
thought Remus was the spy in the Order, the secret Death Eater. It 
wouldn't surprise me if it was precisely the idea that there *had* 
to be something sinister lurking behind such a calm surface, that 
lead him to suspect Remus. But Sirius isn't the best judge of 
character, and maybe this should serve as a warning.

Renee