Just a comment about Lupin's malady.

[huntergreen_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 108466

Lorel wrote:
>> I get the sense that the theme or device of Time isn't played out 
yet. The rescue in PoA provided the setup, and the clock in the DoM 
was a reminder as well as (IMO) a hint of more to come. I just 
*really* hope there's more to it than a cheesy "out." <<

vmonte:
>> Yeah, I agree with you, it's definitely going to return. Be warned
though, some HPFGU's get really upset when you start talking about
time-travel. For some reason it's ok to have theories that are not
based on canon as long as they are not about time-travel. <<

HunterGreen:
I don't know about them returning, personally I think the whole thing 
in PoA with Harry saving himself from the dementors and rescuing 
Sirius and Buckbeak and all that was enough. Sort of like the huge 
polyjuice plot in GoF being enough use of polyjuice as a narrative 
device.
Time-travel *theories* I don't mind though (as long as it doesn't 
involve one character growing into another character like the 
Ron/Dumbledore thing). The theory (put forth in the craziness 
following the OotP release last summer by a poster I don't remember 
the name of) involving Harry being Voldemort's father, thus 
explaining the physical similarities between them was at the very 
least an interesting read. (btw, please no one ask me questions about 
the theory, its not mine, so I wouldn't know how to defend it)