Lupin is worse was 'Re: Are there no depths

[mnaper2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 99528

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Justine <sweetface531 at y...> 
wrote:
> Pippin:
> Greatness isn't synonymous with  goodness, that's for sure.
> 
> Justine:
> Remus is the wizarding world's version of a child who has been 
given a blood transfusion and has contracted AIDS, especially when 
thinking of the 80s when so many were afraid to even be in a room 
with someone who had it.  Wouldn't turning Remus into a traitor equal 
telling these children that such reactions are acceptable and even 
right?


Ally:
Not in the least.  First of all, if she does have Remus do something 
wrong, it will definitely be written in a way that reflects well on 
Remus.  A romantic way, just the way Sirius' flaw of impetuousness 
resulted in his death, but he was doing something "heroic" when it 
happened.  Did Sirius make a mistake when he ran off?  Yes.  But JKR 
wrote it in such a way that its hard to hold it against him.

If Remus ends up doing something against the Order, I guarantee JKR 
will take the same kind of care to not make him look to bad.  It will 
be a one time mistake he feels bad about and tries to correct (maybe 
too late), but it will be there.  

While JKR has said Remus is a wonderful man, she has said he's a 
wonderful man with a flaw, and consider some her principal themes:  
people are not easily categorized and can possess good and bad 
qualities; and a person must have constant vigilance to make the 
right choices in life.  To me, having Remus make a mistake that hurts 
the Order b/c of his flaw would fit very well into these themes.

Ally