[HPforGrownups] Lupin on the Hogwarts Express

[Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force]

No: HPFGUIDX 99545

| From: meriaugust [mailto:meriaugust at yahoo.com]
| Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:39 AM
|
| Has anyone figured out why Prof. Lupin rode the train to Hogwarts
| for the start of term in PoA? No other DADA professors (Lockhart,
| Moody, Umbridge) in particular (and in fact no other teachers) have
| ever been on the train so why was Lupin? I was thinking that Lupin
| might have been a last minute appointee to the post of DADA teacher,
| and so the train was the only way for him to get to Hogwarts. But
| why was he a last minute appointee? Was it because he had a
| relationship with Sirius Black, who has just escaped from Azkaban
| and DD (fearing, I don't know, something) wanted Lupin close at
| hand? It's too big of a coincidence that Lupin should have been
| appointed to the DADA post *before* Black escaped. After all, DD
| appointed ex-Auror Moody to the post when he knew that LV was on the
| rise again, so maybe there was reasoning behind Lupin's appointment,
| too. Any thoughts? Or am I cracked?

[Lee]
Hmm-perhaps it's the rest of the world that's cracked; not us!! No way!! :-)

I'm thinking that Dd knew/suspected there might be dementor problems,
especially knowing that they were going to be guarding the school.  Dd
probably figured that the ugly things might take it on to search the train
for Sirius.  So, Lupin riding the train seems like an excellent precaution.

It's also possible that Lupin was asked by Dd because of his friendship with
Sirius and, since Lupin also indicated that jobs were really hard to come
by, Dd was killing a couple birds with one stone, so to speak.

| Meri - who really really really really cannot wait for the PoA movie
| next week!!!!!!!!!

[Lee]
<Grin> I'm gonna wait a couple days because the local theater will be
mashingly crowded and their seats are so--uh--compact that you want at least
one empty seat next to you to hold your popcorn! <Snicker>  Uh--house elves
would love the seats. :-0

Cheers,

Lee :-)

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