HBP - Lupin

[gsanderson at cfl.rr.com]

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I believe that Lupin is a good choice for the HBP.  Here is why I 
think that:

1. From the world book day chat:

Siriusstar: Is Remus a pureblood?
JK Rowling replies -> Half blood.

 --- Did JKR get to decide which questions to answer?  If so, she 
would have considered this a way to give a clue beforehand.

2. She talks a lot about Lupin as one of her favorite characters and 
one of the characters she looks most forward to writing about.  That 
means to me that there must be something particularly special about 
him - don't know if that's beyond the werewolf/inner conflict thing.

3. If there were any nuances in the POA movie different from the 
books, I think it was Lupin's bridge conversation with Harry that 
talked about how Lily was able to see good in him when even he wasn't 
able to.  We know that something huge will be revealed about Lily, so 
this could be part of it.

4. JKR stated that she would not need to write a prequel because by 
the end we'd have all the backstory we need. There seem to be 3 
timelines here: LV/Hagrid, Marauders, Harry.  To me, the only thing 
that makes sense to tie in the Marauders timeline would be if one of 
the marauders has some significant impact on the backstory, so I vote 
for someone in that timeline (for this case, it could also be 
Pettigrew), but not sure if he's half or pure.

Anyway, that is my story and I'm stickin' to it.

Kristen