The Problem with Lupin (long) was Re: How Close Are Harry and Lupin?

[jdr0918]

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<<<In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" wrote:
There's nothing quite so satisfying as a thorough-going character 
demolition, is there? Fair warms the old cockles of the heart to see 
the boot going in. No doubt thousands will spring to Lupin's defence, 
if they haven't already...>>>

The Sergeant Majorette says

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Lupin is *not* a nice 
person. He's mild-mannered and mellow, but he's a bitch (in the New 
York City sense of word, okay? It's a *good* thing...) I think the 
boggart thing was *way* meaner than the underpants exhibition, and 
funnier, too. He's all over Snape at every opportunity, in such a 
manner that poor Severus ends up spitting mad and our Remus ends up 
with a look of extreme innocence and wounded piety.

I once worked for a somewhat famous man who was well-known for his 
several highly unpleasant wives. Turns out that it really entertained 
him to watch these women get on people's nerves. He had the 
reputation of being a sweet little old man, but he cracked me up with 
the things he used to mutter, Kreacherlike, under his breath. (See 
also Charo vs Eva Gabor on the Johnny Carson show, or Katie Couric 
vs. Bob Dole)

Lupin's like that, which is probably what James and Sirius saw in 
him, and maybe also why JKR says he's her favorite character.

--JDR