Snape and Lupin's Character Arcs (was: Lupin's Char Arc)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 119297


Nora wrote:
> You have to love how JKR lets us know about how well Snape actually 
> teaches in that class, though.  There's really no other way to read 
> the revelations (annotated to make sure the reader does not miss it) 
> in Fantastic Beasts that Snape, taking off points in the class about 
> Kappas, is actually wrong himself. <snip>

Carol asks:
Are you sure this isn't just another example of JKR blaming the
character for her own inconsistency (the classic example being Marcus
Flint being held back a year becaus JKR forgot what year he was in)? I
don't think that an "error" that isn't obvious to a reader of the HP
books alone can really be used to expose Snape's capabilities as a
DADA teacher, not to mention that it's out of character for him to
make a pronouncement of that sort without being right. And the
Pensieve scene seems to indicate that he really is knowledgeable about
DADA.

Carol, wondering what Pippin thinks on this one