Lupin (was: Eastern European HBP?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 105247

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "boyd_smythe"
<boyd.t.smythe at f...> wrote:
> > Entropy wrote:
> > So, how did [Lupin] gain a knowledge of the Dark Arts vast enough to 
> become a Hogwarts professor (and a good one, to boot!)?  Durmstrang 
> seems a good a place as any to learn first-hand about the Dark Arts.  
> And, knowing about their affinity for all things "dark" , would 
> probably be more apt to hire a werewolf than any other "respectable" 
> wizarding school.
> > :: Entropy ::
> 
> boyd:
> Perhaps a simpler explanation (although probably less fun :)) is the 
> more obvious one:
> 
> Lupin is a smart, exremely capable wizard, one of the four most 
> talented wizards that made up the Marauders. He and the other 
> Marauders explored Hogwarts and its surrounding extensively, probably 
> encountering and dealing with many of the beasties it hides. They 
> obviously learned magic that other students, other teachers even, 
> didn't know, such as how to become an animagus and how to create the 
> Marauders Map. And if their treatment of Snape is any indication, 
> they'd better have known how to defend themselves in a fight, too. 
> Pretty strong training already.
> 
> Then, upon leaving Hogwarts, Lupin disappears from our radar screen. 
> However, since he was a werewolf, he probably tries to find remote 
> locations to live outside of persecution, thus his ragged clothes. And 
> in these remote locations, he may well have occasionally encountered 
> beasties. So he gets frequent practice with all kinds of creatures. 
> And when he is found once in a blue moon <g> by persecutors, he has to 
> defend himself.
> 
> I mean, what better good guy to teach DADA than a werewolf?
> 
> Maybe an ex-DE? (ooh, did I just say that?)
> 
> --boyd


You know, I kind of like the idea of Lupin freelancing in the DADA
business for a living.  If he had an aptitude for it at school, and,
perhaps, developed it in his work for The Order (Mark I), then maybe
he could have continued doing it afterwards.   

Here in Australia there are people who you can call on if you've got a
feisty snake or rampant possum loose in the house; people who just
have a knack for that sort of thing.  The guys I've met who do this
(and having been raised in the country, I've met a few!) have tended
to be a bit rough and shabby, a bit feral, slightly intimidating, but
remarkably skilled at what they do.  You're really grateful to have
them around, but probably wouldn't invite them around for Sunday lunch
with your Mum.  

So, back to Mr Lupin. Removing troublesome ghouls or other errant dark
beasties could be a source of income for someone who has trouble
paying the bills any other way.  Like the snake guy, Lupin's a bit of
a fringe dweller.  Obviously, the name on his case indicates that he
has taught before, but, in between times?  Something nasty in the
attic?  Speak to that shabby guy up on the hill - he'll get rid of it
for you.

Just a thought I've had for a while.

- Burbs