Detached?Lupin

[olivier.fouquet+harry at m4x.org]

No: HPFGUIDX 119328

 >Pippin:
 > Lupin comforts other characters when it won't cost him anything
 > to do so...

Olivier:
This looks a bit like the "no true Scottman" fallacy to me.
I mean, Pippin argued that Lupin is detached, I have brought a handful 
of occasions where Lupin is visibly caring for people and comforting 
them, especially on subjects where they don't have many other people to 
comfort them. Now Pippin, you argue that these are instances where he 
didn't "really" care.

Well, how do you define "really" caring Pippin? What are your reasons 
for saying that Lupin did not "really" care when he spoke with Molly 
about her boggarts or when he was doing his best preventing a fight 
between Molly and Sirius? With reasoning like that, I guess I can prove 
any character is detached.

In this thread, the fact that Lupin did not help finding Sirius in PoA 
has come out a few times. Well, if one accepts the possibility that 
Lupin could be a Legilimens, there is a somewhat plausible explanation. 
In PoA chapter 8 Flight of the Fat Lady.

"He thought for a moment of telling Lupin about the dog he'd seen in 
Magnolia Crescent but decided not to. He didn't want Lupin to think he 
was a coward, especially since Lupin alreadv seemed to think he 
couldn't cope with a boggart. Something of Harry's thoughts seemed to 
have shown on his face, because Lupin said, "Anything worrying you, 
Harry?" "

According to the "seemed to have shown on his face", Lupin knows that 
Harry has met a dog, and Lupin certainly has immediately recognized 
Black under his animagus guise. Thus, Lupin knows at this point that 
contrary to what conventional wisdom is, Sirius has no malevolent 
intentions towards Harry.

Olivier