All about Lupin (and a little about Tolkien)

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Pippin writes:

>You did notice, perhaps, that Lupin didn't actually teach Harry to 
>produce a corporeal patronus? He stopped the lessons while 
>Harry was still only able to produce a silver vapor -- not enough 
>to drive a dementor away.
***I hate to jump on the "Lupin could be evil" bandwagon, but 
Pippin's statement shook me a bit because I just finished GoF again 
and realized that false appearances are a major theme in this 
series.  In PS/SS, Quirrel appears to be a harmless fraidy cat.  
Turns out he's half Voldemort.  In CoS, the diary appears to be a 
simple memory recorder and Tom Riddle seems to be just a memory.  
Wrong, the diary is a horrible magical device and Tom Riddle is 
Voldemort.  In PofA, Scabbers is not a scruffy little rat at all.  
He's Voldemort's boy!  And the evil Sirius Black turns out to be 
Harry's loving godfather.  In GoF, she ramps it up a notch.  Not only 
does Moody seem to be a good guy, he appears to be Harry's FRIEND.  
Turns out he's Voldemort's Number One Fan.  Oh, and Rita Skeeter 
turns out to be an Animagus.  And Madam Maxine turns out to be half-
giant.  Like Hagrid.  I'm sure I forgot some.  Made me wonder who 
else was not who they appeared to be.  I have a feeling we'll find 
out.

Nicky Joe