[HPforGrownups] The Problem with Lupin (long) was Re: How Close Are Harr...

[Batchevra at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 96873

In a message dated 4/24/04 2:09:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, foxmoth at qnet.com 
writes:
"He deceived his friends and they *could* have rejected him."
Yes, Ron when finding out that Lupin was a werewolf doesn't allow Lupin to 
help him when Lupin tried, Sirius, James and Peter could have rejected him and 
shunned him, but they didn't.

"Pippin
He led his friends into being illegal Animagi, and they *could* 
have gotten in trouble, but Dumbledore never found  out"

I would say that his friends decided on their own to become animagi, Lupin is 
taking responsibility for something that he didn't control.


"Pippin
Poor Remus, he's *so* concerned about Ron's leg. But does he 
think that Ron wouldn't have chased the dog in the first place if 
he'd known it might be Sirius in disguise?"

Ron doesn't chase the dog, he chased Scabbers and after he got Scabbers back, 
before he could move away, Sirius comes and gets the two of them and takes 
them into the Shrieking Shack. Would he have gone after Scabbers if he knew it 
was Peter Pettigrew? I doubt it, but Lupin thought that Peter was dead and only 
saw Peter's name on the Marauder's Map about a minute before Sirius took them 
down the tunnel. Lupin follows as fast as he can. Then we find out that he 
forgot to take the potion on this evening because he left in a hurry. Not only 
did he leave in a hurry but forgot to wipe the map.


"Pippin
No wonder Lupin's question about  sending an innocent man to 
Azkaban put Snape over the edge. Where was all this concern 
about innocent people when *he* was the one who was 
suffering from a schoolboy grudge?"


Snape is not innocent of his grudge against James, Sirius and Remus. We don't 
know the backstory of what went on with them. I believe that Snape hexed just 
as much as the Marauders did. I think the relationship between the Marauders 
and Snape is just like Draco and Harry.

Batchevra


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