Quick question re: Lupin's resignation . . .

[huntergreen_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 107388

Tooks wrote:
>> Concerning Snape's "outing" of Lupin, I don't believe
it had anything to do with other's safety...well, maybe on a basic
level, but I think it had more to do with revenge upon Lupin (and
possibly Harry). <<

HunterGreen:
I think revenge was what pushed him to do it, but I doubt he would 
have gone through with it if he didn't have a way to justify it to 
Dumbledore later. 


>> I disagree that what occured that night in the Shrieking Shack 
would ever happen again. The circumstances under which Lupin forgot 
to take his potion (the only tim ehe forgot that year) were extreme - 
he was concerned for the children's safety and most likely highly 
confused to see Wormtail on the map. <<

You never know. A lot of dangerous things happen in Hogwarts, and 
there could be another time when he'd be shocked enough by something 
to take off and not take it again. His condition is so extreme that 
even ONE mistake is not excuseable, no matter the circumstances. 
Remember, he is *reminded* about it by Snape in the shrieking shack, 
yet he still leaves that night. He could have stayed behind (that was 
the purpose the shack in the first place), and waited out the 
tranformation until the next morning, but he doesn't. He forgets 
*again*. Yes, I know that no one else remembers, but those others are 
three kids and Sirius who was quite emotionally unstable at that 
point (and you could make an argument that Sirius doesn't take the 
werewolf thing as seriously as he should in the first place). It was 
*Lupin's* responsibility to remember. He's been a werewolf for about 
30 years by this point, that's about 360 transformations, it 
shouldn't be something that should 'slip his mind'. He could have 
killed Harry, Ron, Hermione, Sirius, Snape, or Peter that night or 
turned one of them into a werewolf. Don't get me wrong, I understand 
the reason he forgot, and it is unfair that one mistake should be 
counted against him, but the circumstances demand it.

As Pippin pointed out, why hadn't he taken it yet? It was dusk on the 
*night of* a full moon, it was only a matter of hours before he had 
to transform. He was certainly putting off taking it.

>> I think his resignation may have occured even if snape hadn't let
his "condition" slip. I get the feeling that no one was more ashamed
and horrified that he forgot his potion than Lupin himself.
Snape's 'outing" just made the fact that Lupin had to resign an
official decree. <<

I'm not sure about it. When Harry questions his resignation, his 
first answer is not "Harry, I forgot to take my potion.", but rather 
the reactions/concerns of parents after they find out about him. I do 
agree that he feels rather horrible about what happened, but I don't 
know if he would have quit if Snape hadn't 'outed' him. He might 
have, but he might have not.