Lupin is worse was 'Re: Are there no depths

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 99318

> Pippin wrote:
> > 
> > What about when he showed his Dark Mark to Fudge? All 
this  ambiguity about whether Snape or Sirius is worse is very 
clever work on JKR's part, since it distracts us from Lupin who 
was  worse than either of them. There is no question that he 
thought  what he was doing was wrong and he continued to do 
it.<<

Ally:
> EXCELLENT POINT PIPPIN!!  I myself almost forgot how much 
I sometimes  loathe this quality in Remus (I'd loathe Remus, but 
JKR has made that  nearly impossible!), b/c I got caught up in 
the Snape/Sirius  comparison.
> 
 You are absolutely right.  Lupin's flaw is really the most  
reprehensible of all, isn't it?  At least Sirius and Snape will pick 
a side - although they may make mistakes about it - and fight for 
 it.  Remus fully understood it there was no justification for doing  
terrible things to Snape.  He allowed it because he was too weak 
and afraid to stop it.
<snip>
> That said, do you think JKR will do something significant with it 
in  future books?<<

Pippin:
*Finally!!!!* Somebody gets it!  ::blushes:: er, yes. If Lupin were 
tricked  or blackmailed or jinxed into serving Lord Voldemort, 
how would he get out of it, given how weak and afraid he is?
Would he tell the truth to  Dumbledore?

 Or would he find an excuse not to tell...continue to serve the 
Dark Lord in secret, hoping against hope that Voldemort would 
overreach himself in the end. 

 But the prophecy says there's a choice to be made--you can 
serve Harry or Voldemort, not both. Ever notice how much 
Lupin's boggart looks like a prophecy orb? 

Pippin
who has been saying that Lupin is definitely dodgy since post 
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