Dumbledore and Lupin

[mindy bindy]

No: HPFGUIDX 108995

Sorry if this has come up before, but I've become intrigued by 
Puppetmaster!DD and his involvement with Lupin's life. First, he is 
taken on as headmaster just in time to allow Lupin into school. He takes 
on the werecub (aww), who is now in the same year as Harry's dad. This 
gives Lupin a place in normal society and equips him to become a 
teacher, or at least have some standing in the world.

Dumbledore may have done this as an experiment in rehabilitating 
werewolves. (who are constantly shuttling between being labelled as 
'beasts' and 'beings', and so a re sometimes not considered people at 
all). This goes along with his general outlook, and inviting Lupin to 
school may have been unusual just because there are very few people 
bitten at such a young age. However, it starts to seem less coincidental 
when Dumbledore is the person who offers Lupin the powerful DADA post 
right after his old scool-friend escapes from prison. Not only that, but 
  Lupin is teaching his *other* old school-friend's Very Important Son 
how to defend himself.

I can't see it explained anywhere the reason why Lupin was hired to be 
the DADA teacher *that* year, and not, say, five years ago.


heather (who is probably seeing patterns where there are none)