Lupin's resignation and the legacy of hate

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 99748

> Renee:
> 
> What I don't understand is why Snape didn't bring the potion 
along  when he discovered Lupin had left his office and was 
running towards  the Shrieking Shack. He's a wizard. Surely he 
can find a way to  carry the cup without spilling the contents? 
> 
 
Pippin:
Lupin tells us that as long as he takes the potion in the week 
before he transforms, he's safe,  but we don't know if he can take 
it any time up until the transformation. 

 For instance, I have a medication I'm supposed to take a half an 
hour before I visit the dentist. If I forget to take it till I get
there, then I have to reschedule my appointment. 

It takes at least an hour to travel to Hogsmeade via the witch's 
tunnel. The Shrieking Shack tunnel can't be too much shorter. If 
Snape brought Lupin the potion because  time was running out, 
then he may have realized that without a time turner, it was going 
to be too late for the potion to work by the time he caught up with 
Lupin, even if the transformation itself was not yet due to occur.

In  an earlier post on this thread, Renee made the point that 
Hagrid and Lupin are explaining two events: Lupin's decision to 
resign, and Snape's leak of information about Lupin, and that the 
connection between them is not clear.

Some are saying that Snape's announcement prevented Lupin 
from  resigning  with dignity, 'for personal reasons.'

That assumes that everyone else in the know would have 
been willing to keep the secret from hostile parents.  But 
although it isn't stated explicityly anywhere, Cornelius Fudge has 
to have been told that Lupin was a werewolf and was loose on 
the grounds. Do you think he wouldn't tell Umbridge first thing in 
the morning? 

 If Snape hadn't leaked the information that morning, how long 
before Umbridge would have had it on the pages of the Daily 
Prophet ?  WEREWOLF RAMPAGES AT HOGWARTS.  WHY 
PARENTS WEREN'T TOLD. Fudge would have been happy 
enough to allow it--anything's better than MINISTRY FUBS 
IT--BLACK STILL AT LARGE. 

This way, by the time Umbridge puts her spin on it, it's old news.  
She's still able to use it, but at least she can't say there was a 
cover-up. 

Pippin