[HPforGrownups] Re: Quick question re: Lupin's resignation . . .

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 107258

Snape told his Slytherins that Lupin was a werewolf because they had
to know in order to protect themselves if the worst happened - again.
 Werewolves ARE dangerous to others; Lupin never denies it and in the
Shrieking Shack indicates how much he regrets the risks they ran when
they were teens running around the community as animagi when he
transformed.  That's why he takes the Wolfsbane potion.  

This is one of those times when we're really hampered by seeing
everything through Harry's eyes.  He doesn't realize that there are
greater safety issues here than just whether everyone got through the
night safely.  Lupin resigned before Dumbledore asked for his
resignation because it was no longer possible for Lupin to stay there
and risk another transformation.  It was the honourable thing to do
for both of them.

Now, Lupin is a great guy and one of the most attractive characters
in the series but that doesn't mean he's a saint.  He doesn't like
Snape and he knows that Snape would have enjoyed "outing" him in
front of his own students.  So he gets his dig in at Snape by
implying that it was Snape's disappointment over losing the Order of
Merlin that precipitated his resignation, rather than his failure to
take the potion in the first place.  This also reinforces Harry's
growing feeling that Snape can't and shouldn't be trusted - with
results that we see in OOTP.

Does anyone really think that if Snape hadn't told, that Lupin would
have stayed?  Or that Dumbledore would have allowed him to stay?

As for how Fudge found out: I think it's the same kind of public
safety thing.  Once Lupin had transformed into a werewolf and was
loose in the area, then Dumbledore had no choice but to make the
matter known to the authorities.  Otherwise he would have been guilty
of putting the community at risk.


		
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