Lupin after the war (Was:The new headmaster)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 116761


> Alla wrote:
> > 
> > <snip> I think that McGonagall is  likely enough to survive the 
war, but despite Lupin's obvious desire  to be liked , I think he 
will be fine Headmaster, if he manages to  overcome it.
> > 
> > I am fine with McGonagall becoming a headmistress, but I 
want a  radical change in WW after the war and I think Lupin 
represents one<<
> 
> Carol responds:
> I think it's overly optimistic to expect virtually the whole WW to
 completely overcome its fear of werewolves, especially as they 
do present a very real danger, but a good first step would be a 
redefinition. Unlike giants, which really are nonhuman (and not 
very amenable to reason, apparently), and unlike centaurs, 
which really are half-human (whatever their origins), werewolves 
are fully human--except for a short time each month, perhaps as 
short as twenty-four hours, when they're fully beast. They are not 
born through any union of human and wolf; they are created 
when one afflicted human bites another. (JKR has said that the 
werewolf cubs under Hagrid's bed were a lie on Tom Riddle's 
part; the only werewolf cub is a werewolf child during the full 
moon.) <

Pippin:
A small canon correction: Lupin says that if Snape had found 
him in the shack he'd have met "a fully grown werewolf" PoA ch 
18. I think Lupin is emphasizing here that werewolf cubs are 
completely mythical. Even though Lupin was fifteen or sixteen 
and not a full grown human, he turned into a full grown wolf -- or 
have I missed something?


Carol continued:
An understanding of their special position would be a first step in 
enabling them to find jobs in which they could be supervised 
cared for during their dangerous phase. Eventually the WW as a 
whole would learn that werewolves are not always dangerous 
and should not be viewed as untrustworthy because of
 an affliction they can't help having. But I don't think such an 
understanding will come quickly, and I don't think Lupin would 
ever be allowed near children after having endangered three 
students. In fact, I hope that his conscience would not allow him 
to teach.
> 
> It would be interesting, however, to see some sort of truce 
between him and Snape, with Snape providing Lupin with 
wolfbane potion again as an acknowledgment that Lupin (unlike 
Sirius) never intended to kill him. <

Pippin:
LOL! I look forward with equal pleasure to the moment when 
Snape realizes that  *Sirius* never intended to kill him -- 
which may ultimately bring about    some kind of truce with Harry. 

Carol:
>For that matter, wolfbane potion might be Snape's road to fame
 and glory, not to mention riches--making wolfbane potion 
available to all the werewolves in Britain, three galleons a flask. 
What Lupin would do to earn the money I don't know. <


Pippin:
Not a problem...his EverSoEvil!soul will have been sucked out by 
dementors after he summons them once too many times. 
(foreshadowed PoA ch 12) But don't worry, his awful demise 
won't take place till Book Seven. Fortunately there are other 
werewolves in the WW who could benefit from Snape's 
expertise. 

I think you (and Alla) may be thinking too small. There will be a 
*massive* realignment of power at the end of VWII, 
foreshadowed by the weak and shaken Fudge being led by the 
statues of the Goblin and House Elf at the end of OOP,  
comparable to the drastic changes to the British Empire at the 
end of WWII. Non-humans will at last be fully represented in the 
WW government.  This weakening of human power generally will 
be a plus for werewolves, since only humans need to be afraid 
of them. 

In a Hogwarts where the majority of students would not be 
endangered by a werewolf, perhaps a werewolf will one day 
teach. I'm betting on Luna -- she's certainly eccentric enough, 
and if she's not a werewolf I'll eat my ESE!Lupin treatise. *

Pippin
*not finished yet, but, as always, those who are unfamiliar with 
the theory can  read the original ESE!Lupin post at 39362