Support for the ESE Lupin theory (not)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 123863


  
> Arynn:
> There's no evidence that he NEEDS to redeem himself. Not in 
cannon anyway, (there are a few "theories" that are bassed on 
half-truths and assumptions). These "theories" would never fly in 
the actual world of criminal detection. 


Pippin:
An interesting thought. I'd love to have your expert opinion on how 
many of JKR's criminals could  have been detected on the 
evidence present before they revealed themselves. 
Do you think  one could get a warrant to seize Scabbers based 
on the fact that Ron said he was "quite old" and the fact that he 
had one toe missing?

> 
> Arynn: 
> JKR says that not only does she like Lupin, but that she would 
like  him to teach her daughter. Would someone ever say that 
about a  murderer? 
> 
> Has ANYONE ever said anything along the lines of "He's a 
really  wonderful person, dispite his tendancy to kill/betray 
people"? <


Pippin:
People who love murderers say things like that all the time when 
they're begging the court to have mercy on their loved ones. Or 
so I gather from the news.

If JKR believes that Lupin made the choices he did because he 
was damaged by the choices of others, and that this damage 
occurred in part because he was denied the chance to perform 
the work he seemed born to do, then she could believe that in 
the real world he would never have made the choices he did. 
She might well wish that he were a real person who could teach 
her daughter.

Pippin