Question about Lupin

[ghinghapuss]

No: HPFGUIDX 89079

> Christy wrote:
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> My question however is, what makes somebody think that Remus Lupin
> could have been in Slytherin? The only way this theory makes sense 
is if you say the Hat simply put him there cause it needed to fill a
> space (A theory I don't buy, or else why bother putting any
> personalities to the houses at all. I doubt JKR just put it there
> cause it sounded cute).
> Could somebody explain to me what evidence would lead to Lupin 
being a Slytherin?


Mandy here:
I don't have any specific evidence, certainly not canon, but the big 
reason for me is the fact that he is a Werewolf.  Granted this is not 
by choice, and was something that was inflicted upon him as a child.  
But nevertheless Remus Lupin becomes, once a month, is what is 
described in FBAWTFT as having a XXXXX to the power of 16 danger 
classification!  The highest and most dangerous of all beasts.  
Werewolves actively seek out humans, over anything else, as their 
pray.

Again, Lupin has no control over this affliction but that is one of 
the reasons I would place him in Slytherin.  Slytherin's use any 
means to achieve their goals, they are all about self advancement at 
the expense of others, which is exactly what Werewolf/Lupin is about 
when he becomes the beast.  Werewolf/Lupin will do anything necessary 
to get attain what he needs and wants, which unfortunately is killing 
human beings.

I personally adore Lupin and think he is a good man and would not 
like to see him in Slytherin, but I do think that it will make for a 
much more interesting story line than if all of the Marauder's were 
in Gryffindor.  And I will say again here, that not all the 
Slytherin's are EVIL, just as not all Gryiffindor's are GOOD.  The 
world is not that black and white and neither is JKR's and Harry 
Potter's universe.

Cheers Mandy, who is not wed to the idea of all the Marauder being in 
Slytherin, but is convinced they are not all in Gryffindor.