Quick question re: Lupin's resignation . . .

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 107273

, Magda Grantwich 
> > <mgrantwich at y...> wrote:
> > > 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.  
> > 
> > 
> > Alla:
> > 
> > 
> > Oh, werewolves are dangerous to others, but how much chance is 
> there 
> > the circumstances of the Shrieking Shack will repeat itself again?
> > 
> > Of course the fact that Lupin humiliated Snape in the Boggart 
scene 
> > has nothing to do with dear Severus slipping and the fact that 
> Sirius 
> > escaped right under his nose and he was wrong and looked like a 
> fool, 
> > has nothing to do with it either. :o)


Magda:  
> > > This is one of those times when we're really hampered by seeing
> > > everything through Harry's eyes.  
> > 
> > > 
> > > 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.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Alla:
> > 
> > But we DON'T see it from Harry's eyes only. Lupin says it 
himself. You consider Lupin unreliable too? Maybe if Lupin knows that 
Snape would have enjoyed outing him, that is exactly what happened?

I think Dumbledore was right to let Lupin teach in the first place. I 
think Lupin's failure to take the potion should have been forgiven 
due to extraordinary circunstances. I don't think that hiring Lupin 
was more dangerous than let former DE teach children and in some 
aspects less dangerous.

> > 
> > Magda:
> > 
> > > Does anyone really think that if Snape hadn't told, that Lupin 
> would
> > > have stayed?  Or that Dumbledore would have allowed him to stay?
> > 
> 
> Alla: 
> > We cannot exclude that possibility. If Snape was indeed the one 
who
> > said that first, I sincerely doubt that safety of the students was
> > his first concern, but that is just me.
> > 
> > Dumbledore may have allowed him to stay. The circumstances under
> > which Lupin forgot the potion do not happen too often (I should 
say
> > almost never)
> > 
> >  
> > Magda:
> > 
> > > 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.
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > Alla:
> > 
> > I just thought of something. Maybe it was Fudge who let it slip?