Lupin's touch

[mhbobbin]

No: HPFGUIDX 112305

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kmcbears1" <karen at d...> wrote:
> > mhbobbin writes:
> > 
> > That is not my impression at all. Maybe you could convince me of 
> > this in PoA but not in OotP.  What I see is JKR drawing more 
> > attention not less to the strangeness around Lupin and Harry. (I 
> > won't repeat my whole post as it was posted about the same time 
as 
> > this one.)  And then there are Lupin's parting words to Harry.  
> > 
> Karen writes:
> Harry had just lost Sirius the person he wrote to and relied on 
for 
> advice over the summer.  Plus the threat of Sirius coming to 
Privet 
> Drive allowed Harry to have his books and go to the Quidditch 
Cup.  
> Lupin's keep in touch is a reminder to Harry that he has an adult 
in 
> the WW who knew his parents ready to step into Sirius' role of 
psuedo-
> parent.
> 
> IMO Lupin did not continue his friendship with Harry to allow 
Sirius 
> the chance to become Harry's mentor.  I don't think DD and Harry 
were 
> the only penpals Sirius had in hiding.  I don't believe in the ese!
> Lupin.  I see a very lonely man, partly because of his condition, 
> partly because of the loss of 4 school friends at age 21. After 
all, 
> Sirius knew where Lupin's place was at the end of GOF.  In OotP, 
we 
> see Lupin at 12 Grimmauld Place, numerous times in the book.  Was 
> Lupin living there at the time?  If I had a friend (Please do not 
> read a SHIP in this - I don't care if there was or wasn't since I 
> don't think it matters) who could not work, and an empty house I 
> hated and could not leave, I think I would want a roommate for 
> company.  
> 
> Lupin's parting comment to Harry was just that "Keep in touch". 
Let 
> me know if anything happens.  Write a letter.
> 
> - Karen

mhbobbin:

In OotP, Lupin lives at Grimmauld Place. He is away for long periods 
on undisclosed Order business. He even has a key of sorts in that 
his wand opens Grimmauld Place whereas all others ring the bell. But 
that, to me, is besides the point of this discussion of Lupin's 
relationship with Harry. I don't buy into ESE!Lupin and I don't care 
about SHIPS. But I do think there is some secret that Lupin is 
keeping and he is one of the characters whom I believe should be 
watched carefully for clues. I suspect Lupin of holding many keys to 
the puzzle, the mystery of the whole series.

You may read "Keep in touch" literally. That would be consistent 
with many of JKR's clues, cleverly stuck in a context where it's 
appropriate. And if there wasn't something odd about Lupin's touch, 
I wouldn't notice those words. Interesting that she gives those 
words to Lupin whereas anyone else could have said them in that 
context.

mhbobbin