Lupin, Snape and Potions (was Re: Is Snape really THAT good in Potions?(

[potioncat]

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> Neri:
> I think I'd take that bet. Potions is an important subject and 
James
> was a head boy, which requires academic excellency. And do you 
think
> head girl Lily also didn't take Potions? More probably she did, and
> James followed her there, and the other three marauders probably
> followed James. Morover, we don't know who was the Potions teacher
> back then, but there's no reason to assume that he/she was as
> terrifying as Professor Snape is, nor require such an absurdly high
> mark to get into the NEWT class. Potions in the 70s may have been a
> popular subject.

Potioncat:
I was merely pointing out reasons why Lupin might not have taken 
Potions.  I still maintain there is nothing in canon that tells us 
or even hints as to whether he took Potions.  If you can ask for 
canon to determine Snape's true skill in potions, I can ask for 
canon to determine which classes Lupin took.

We saw in Career Advice that the courses you took depended on what 
career you planned to seek.  Just like in the RW. But we don't know 
what sort of work he hoped to do. So while Lupin may have taken 
potions, he may not have.  And I still say, whatever our own 
opinions are, we do not have canon to tell us. 

I suggested 3 courses based on the things we saw him do in PoA and 
in OoP.  Someone else has pointed out that several potions depend on 
certain phases of the moon or on a full month of brewing.  That 
would be hard for Lupin to manage. And while it looks as if I'm 
trying to argue that he did not take potions, I am saying we don't 
know.

As for his being ESE...well, thanks to Pippin I do wonder. So on 
Monday, Wednesday and Friday I think he is ESE. On Tuesday, Thursday 
and Saturday I think he is not ESE and on Sunday I don't think about 
it.
Potioncat