Lupin/Tonks and RL experiences - werewolfism

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 137019


Lynda wrote:
An Guz: I think you may be right about Lupin being a metaphor for 
an HIV infected person. 

Susan wrote:
But of course the metaphor of him as a person with AIDS would also 
imply strongly that he is a gay man.

Lynda says:

There is certainly an argument for that.  However, Lupin explains in the course of the books that he received the bite as a young child, and not of his own volition (not that I think anyone goes out looking to become HIV infected) but the theory is tenuous at best.  

Lynda