HBP - Lupin

[Stephanie]

No: HPFGUIDX 103439

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, gsanderson at c... wrote:
> 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

Kristen;
I think you've got somethinghere....I'm currently rereading OotP and 
I think it's quite remarkable that Lupin always seems to be the 
calming voice throughout the book....everytime Molly is 
upset...Lupin is talking to her...seems like a very royal trait, 
keeping the army calm?