Quick question re: Lupin's resignation . . .

[mnaper2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 107269

Ally: 
> > Everyone said Snape let it slip that Lupin was a werewolf, but I 
> > didn't necessarily read Hagrid's statement like that.  He said 
> > something like "Didn't you hear?  Snape told the Slytherins this 
> > morning.  Professor Lupin is a werewolf and was roaming the 
> grounds 
> > last night.  He's packing now."
> > 
> > That could mean - Snape told the Slytherins Lupin was a werewolf 
> this 
> > morning, and now, as a result, Lupin's resigned.
> > 
> > Or it could just mean, Snape told the Slytherins the news that 
> Lupin 
> > will no longer be with us, b/c he's a werewolf, I'm surprised it 
> > hasn't gotten all around the school yet.
> > 
> > Is there some other part that confirms that Snape actually leaked 
> the 
> > information, or is it all based on this quote from Hagrid?

Mayeaux:
> It's quite interesting that we assume that it was Snape that told 
on 
> Lupin...But I don't think he did.  What would he have to gain?  
It's 
> pretty obvious that DD is not going to EVER let him teach DADA and 
> he didn't get any "recognition" for Lupins' secret being revealed.  
> Snape is a "true" Slytherin IMO.  He's cunning!  That would explain 
> why he decided that instead of 'leaking' the info. about Lupin in 
> PoA, he would just assign an essay to the class about werewolves.  
> Of course Hermione, being the 'bright witch' that she is, uncovered 
> the truth about him as soon as the essay was assigned.  Also to 
> further my point that Snape had relatively nothing to do with 
> Lupin's resignation, there is the line spoken by Lupin in the PoA 
> movie "It would seem that *someone* has revealed the nature of 
> my...condition".  We already know that JKR reads over the scripts 
> and trust Steve Kloves immensely, so I believe that particular line 
> to be 'telling' (maybe even for books 6&7). Because if not 
> Snape...then WHO?  Hermione surely wouldn't have told anyone.  Is 
> there someone at Hogwarts that we have not yet been introduced to?  
> Only time will tell...

Tooks:
 Actually, there is.  While Harry is recovering from the intial mass 
> Dementor attack he overhears Snape and Fudge talking to each 
other.  
> Snape is describing his version of what occured and comments on how 
> Harry should be at least suspended for endangering Ron ans 
Hermione.  
> Snape goes on to say, "Consider, Minister - againstall school 
> rules...-out-of-bounds, at night, consorting with a werewolf and a 
> murderer..." (US version, POA, pg 387).
> 
> Now, if Fudge did not know Lupin was a werewolf, and possibly even 
if 
> he did (which plays into the ESE!Fudge theory), he may very well 
feel 
> it is responsibility to take it upon himself to reveal to others 
(ie 
> students and/or parent's of students) Lupin's "condition" - 
claiming, 
> of course, that it is based on safety concerns only.

Ally:

Yes, that's possible I suppose, but the way Fudge doesn't bat an 
eyelash at the reference to Lupin being a werewolf made me wonder if 
that really had anything to do with the resignation.  He was more 
concerned about Black in that scene.  

I sort of agree with Mayeaux about the reference in POA film - which 
seems to leave it oddly hanging in the air.  Why not reveal to the 
film audience that Snape was the one who leaked the information, if 
that was what we were supposed to take from the book?  I know we 
can't take the films as gospel, and maybe JKR was just careless with 
the way she wrote it and really intended to show that Snape forced 
Lupin's hand, but I think the way its written leaves it open to 
interpretation.