Lupin's touch

[hannahmarder]

No: HPFGUIDX 112252

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "khinterberg" 
<khinterberg at y...> wrote:
> Sorry to be a bother but the yahoo search engine for messages 
doesn't
> seem to be very useful.  I am sure people have wondered on here 
before
> about why Lupin never touches Harry, and I was just wondering if
> someone could point me in the right direction of those posts? 
Thanks
> from the bottom of my HP-loving heart
> 
> khinterberg

Hannah: I don't know about any other posts, I have trouble finding 
them myself!  Lupin does touch Harry, in the DoM battle, he 
physically restrains him to prevent him diving through the veil 
after Sirius.  And he shakes his hand at the beginning of OotP when 
he collects Harry from the Dursley's.  I assume the reason he 
doesn't touch Harry too often is because, in PoA he is Harry's 
teacher, and fondling pupils isn't a good idea when you're a 
teacher, especailly when you're also a werewolf (I imagine!).  Also, 
Harry is a teenage male, and so probably prefers not being touched, 
especially by another male (he's not very keen on a lot of Mrs. 
Weasley's hugs either).  Lupin doesn't touch Harry except when 
necessary because he doesn't want to make Harry uncomfortable, and 
probably because he would feel uncomfortable himself.