Lupin's resignation and the legacy of hate

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 99724

Amy Z:
> You are right that Lupin can only speculate about Snape's 
motives.  
> Considering the context, though, he's being pretty damn calm.  
Snape 
> informed students of something that Dumbledore, as well as Lupin, 
> wanted kept quiet.  Whether Lupin would have resigned without this 
> scandal, we can't know; but Snape robbed him of the chance to 
leave 
> with dignity and for a noble reason.  Instead, he forced both 
> Dumbledore and Lupin into Lupin's resigning.
> 

Jen R: I've been wondering whether Snape's announcement at the 
Slytehrin table didn't also lead to another "legacy of hate" i.e., 
Umbridge's anit-werewolf legislation that 'makes it almost 
impossible (for Lupin)to get a job' (US, chap.14, p. 302). According 
to Sirius, this legislation was drafted two years before OOTP, 
meaning sometime during year three. 

I used to think Snape might be the impetus behind the legislation, 
but he didn't appear to know Umbridge at all. More likely, Umbridge 
seized on the scandal at Hogwarts to further her own agenda, and 
perpetuate the stigma surrounding werewolfs. 

So certainly the legacy of hate *does* live on, but I think it goes 
both ways.