Lupin and "Prince"

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 103290

Entropy wrote:
> > I think Lupin would make the perfect "Half Blood Prince".
> > Look at the canon:
> >  ...

Carin:
> This is a very attractive idea. I've been thinking since re-reading
> (and re-watching) POA about Lupin's status as the last surviving
> marauder. We've noted that Sirius's death leaves Lupin as Harry's 
> last (maybe best) father-figure and presumed that Lupin and Harry's
> relationship will develop, but I don't think it's been remarked that
> Sirius's death also quietly clears the way for Lupin to take center
> stage in other respects. I don't have a well-developed theory on 
> this; I just agree that Lupin's one to watch.
> 
> (Otoh, this was a working title for COS and Lupin hadn't appeared 
> yet at that stage...)
> 
> Incidentally, I take JKR's new list of characters she loves (as
> opposed to Snape, whom she loves to write) as confirmation that 
> those characters are NOT secretly evil - i.e. the Trio, Hagrid, 
> Dumbledore, Ginny, Fred, George, Lupin.
> 

SSSusan:
I agree with Carin & Entropy very much.  This is an intriguing (and 
imo delightful) possibility.  I've never bought into ESE!Lupin--
partly because I don't WANT to, as I like him so much--and partly 
because I do not think JKR will leave us with all four of the 
Marauders either dead or evil.

Wouldn't it be fun if Lupin turned out to be not only NOT ESE!, but 
also some sort of key figure?

[Oh, wait.  Pippin, are you there?  I'll be you've already got some 
kind of theory brewing about how the HBP could be Lupin and he could 
*still* be ESE! ...as in, the title is an adversarial thing (Harry 
Potter vs. the HBP).  Hmmmm.]  

Anyhoo...as for your concern that Lupin wasn't even in the mix in 
CoS, don't forget how many chapters JKR's cut out of early books.  
Perhaps he was intended to be but "hit the cutting room floor," as it 
were.  

And finally, I think it's possible that the portrayal of Lupin's 
relationship w/ Harry in the PoA movie *could've* been one of those 
things which gave JKR a chill in watching.  He & Harry in the movie 
clearly were developing not only a mentor-mentee relationship, but 
Harry was turning to him as his confidante, and one might say even a 
friendship was developing.  

I think you're right that the way has been cleared for Lupin to take 
center stage and that he's the one to watch.

Siriusly Snapey Susan