Quick question re: Lupin's resignation . . .

[Amey Chinchorkar]

No: HPFGUIDX 107276

  
-	From: Magda Grantwich <mgrantwich at yahoo.com>
-	Does anyone really think that if Snape hadn't told, that Lupin would
-	have stayed?  Or that Dumbledore would have allowed him to stay?


Amey:
Snape told all the Slytherins about Lupin’s condition. Lupin gains nothing by implying this thing to Harry if it is not true. There is enough animosity between Snape and Harry that Lupin does not need to increase it further. (Of course, if it is ESE!Lupin, then he can have some alterior motivesin increasing the hate further resulting in occlumency failure in OOtP, like somebody pointed out, but I am not a subscriber to that theory). So I believe we can rule out the fact that Lupin pinned the blame on Snape. 
As for Snape’s reason for telling students, I don’t think he is being noble or trying to keep children safe. If he was only concerned with the students’ safety, he would have tried to convince Dumbledore. There are ways to keep a werewolf away from people as was done while Lupin was a student. So I don’t think he had any noble intentions in *letting it slip*.
As for Lupin, I think he was sufficiently affected by the danger he put Harry and others in. So I think he would have taken more precautions at least. I am not sure he would have resigned, but IMO he would have irrespective of students knowing or not.
As for Dumbledore’s letting him continue, I doubt Dumbledore would see this one incident as a serious threat to students. He can take Lupin to Shack in time for transformations, and as he has nobody else now to stop the Willow, he would not get out and roam freely. Dumbledore believes in giving all *second chances*.

Amey 




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