Support for the ESE Lupin theory (not)

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No: HPFGUIDX 123759



> Pippin:
> > The question is, does JKR think the dark side of human nature 
> > only manifests itself in monstrous beings like Voldemort, or in 
> > deeply unlikable people like Snape? Or can it  gain the upper 
> > hand in  nice  people, even her favorites?
> 
> 
> SSSusan:
> As always, Pippin, you do a fantastic job of distillation.  I think 
> this is the question.  And for me, I think the answer is, "Yes to 
the 
> extent that we see his demons & faults, but *not* to the extent of 
> Lupin's being fully ESE!"  
> 
> If, for instance, Lupin were so dark, so "bad" as to be Sirius' 
> murderer [for purely selfish reasons, right?], it would speak to 
more 
> than a dark side of a nice person; I think it would move him 
> altogether from the category of nice people, of one of her 
favorites.
> 

Neri:

"It is our choices that show what we truly are"

According to JKR/DD, if you choose to betray and murder your friends, 
then this is what you truly ARE: a murderer and a traitor. And 
probably not likable, to anybody who knows what you truly are.