Lupin's resentment : An inside to Snape's resentment

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 94597

Carol:
> So, yes, Snape's revelation prompted Lupin's resignation, and 
perhaps
> part of his motivation was spite, but he had tried for the entire
> school year to get Dumbledore to realize the danger of hiring a
> werewolf (the same one who nearly bit him when he was sixteen) as a
> teacher. The only reason that the danger had not been still greater
> was that Snape had prepared the wolfsbane potion. Near the end of 
> PoA we see what happens when Lupin fails to drink it.

Jen: I can't believe Snape 'spilling the beans' about Lupin was 
*more* about the student's best interest and *less* about Snape's 
best interest. I'm quantifying here because I do believe Snape 
recognizes the potential danger of having a werewolf around more 
than anyone else at Hogwarts. 

I would change my mind if I found out one of the following 
interactions took place: A) Snape went to Lupin prior to outing him 
and said, "hey, I'm giving you a chance to leave first. If you 
don't, I'm telling everyone you're a werewolf; B) Snape went to 
Dumbeldore and said basically the same thing--"take this chance to 
let Lupin go or I'm going to make his miserable life more 
miserable"; or C) Snape talked to faculty and staff about this 
dilemma instead of *students* for gosh sakes. 

On the heels of what happened the night before with 
Serverus' "severe disappointment", I'm very doubtful that Snape's 
motive was *primarily* the students safety.