[HPforGrownups] Re: "I'm not proud of it"

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 106893

Demetra said:

>I can accept that after 12 years in Azkaban Sirius would
>want his revenge on the rat.  I have more trouble with Lupin in this
>scene (and I LOVE Lupin, he is one of my favorite characters).  As
>the more cerebral of the two, I wonder why he was so willing to kill
>Peter vs. turning him over to the authorities.

Well, I would say that neither Sirius nor Lupin have any reason to turn 
immediately to the authorities as a source of justice.  Sirius was 
railroaded into jail by the authorities, specifically the Ministry of Magic. 
  Lupin is a constant victim of anti-werewolf prejudice which, if it isn't 
officially ensconced in wizard laws (cf Umbridge), is not in any way 
addressed by any of the authorities we have seen, and is probably shared by 
them.  Also, both of them have reason to think that the Ministry of Magic is 
mostly incompetent even when it means well.  All this adds up to "if you 
want something done right, do it yourself."


Janet Anderson

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