All about Lupin

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No: HPFGUIDX 121848


Pippin wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> I am in the process of compiling a table of all the clues, but 
> briefly, in order to maintain Lupin's innocence you have to believe 
> that on the night of the Shrieking Shack he somehow:
> 
> forgot he needed his potion
> forgot that he would transform that night
> forgot that Snape would be bringing the potion
> forgot to deactivate the Marauders Map
> did not  recognize the Invisibility Cloak although he ran right 
past 
> it
> forgot when he was due to transform
> 
> and was not reminded of any of these things although he 
> touched on all of them in an hour of conversations.
> 
> Nope, that would make either Lupin or Rowling an idiot. I don't 
> think so.
> 

Neri <scratching a meta-thinking bunny behind the ears>:
>From outside the story, the explanation of all this forgetfulness is 
obvious: JKR needed it to enable Snape to make his appearance, and 
later in order to enable Wormtail to get away and Sirius to get 
caught. Of course, you can blame Lupin for planning all this, but it 
would be very difficult for him to predict when Snape will come in 
with the potion, not to mention finding Lupin's motive for inviting 
Snape into the Shack. JKR, on the other hand, has both the means and 
the motive. She's a much more obvious suspect. I think ESE!Lupin is 
mainly based on a intentional failure to notice ESE!JKR, in a similar 
way that puppet-master!DD is based on a an intentional failure to see 
puppet-master!JKR.

<Neri considers for several seconds compiling a detailed and canon-
based theory of ESE!JKR only so he would be able to brag about it in 
future posts, then decides it would be too easy, puts the meta-
thinking bunny on the floor, and continues: >

However, there may be an explanation for Lupin's forgetfulness from 
within the plot too. The possibility of a DADA jinx has been raised 
more than once in past books. We don't know whether it indeed exists, 
but four DADA teachers (not counting Quirrell) who did not manage to 
hold their post for more than one year is a bit too much of a 
coincidence. It is certainly suspicious at least as much as Lupin's 
forgetfulness in the night of the Shrieking Shack. It is thus quite 
possible that the jinx (or whatever it is) made Lupin forget the 
potion and the map so he won't be able to continue for another year.

Neri