Do the Dead Walk?

[Campbell, Anne-TMC-Rcvg]

No: HPFGUIDX 88935

{Darrell}
Just my two cents, but didn't Lupin assign a vampire
essay upon hearing about Snape's werewolf essay? A
coincidence or retaliation?

{Anne}

I don't know....has anyone actually bothered to ask Lupin? *grins* Yeah, yeah, smart ass comment I know...

*Clears throat and gets serious again...^^;**

As a stand alone situation, I can see where the assumption is made. Snape assigns the werewolf paper both to 'put down' Lupin and more or less send a subtle threat through the kids to Lupin...in turn, it seems, Lupin returns the favor...

Yep yep...on the surface, all clear cut. Lupin is a werewolf, Snape a vamp...the second paper is for retaliation's sake.

Then again...(And I will have to likely write a second time once I am home and have the book in hand to prove my point I'm sure)....if Lupin did that to retaliate...then it is out of character for him for the rest of the books...

In the pensieve--although he doesn't stop James and Sirius, he frowns, ever so slightly, as they go after Snape.

He never says anything bad about Snape....to anyone...although he DOES acknowledge that Snape and James both gave as good as they got when it came to throwing curses at each other (note that he includes both parties, not just one over the other)

He defends Snape to Harry several times...

In short...he seems more to support the guy more then to undermine him. Where, then, is the just cause in Lupin's nature, to retaliate by exposing Snape as a vampire to the kids (who would then go to their parents with the information...who would then turn around and demand Snape's head, much as they did with Remus himself at the end of the book....). Although that tactic works well within the definitions of Snape's character...it does not gel so well with Lupin's calm, live and let live, everyone has their own way, outlook on life.

Just an opinion...^^ Still doesn't really make Snape a vamp--guilt by association is not proof...*winks*

Anne