ESE!Lupin? (was: Re: Snape is Innocent!)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 133527

Pipin:
> I believe parallel to the question of what would make a nasty git
> like Snape serve Dumbledore, Jo is dealing with the question of what 
> would make a kind and decent person choose Voldemort, and 
> establishing that Lupin is indeed capable of love is part of that. 
> 
> Of course there won't be proof till Book Seven, if ever. But I'm
> about 99% certain now.

Jen: First, I don't understand how if ESE!Lupin isn't confirmed in 
Book 7 it would still be true. If JKR never follows that particular 
storyline, it might be plausible given the information in the books, 
but it would never be canon.

And Book 6 generates more hurdles than support for ESE!Lupin, from 
what I read. The introduction of Fenrir as the werewolf Death Eater is 
in opposition to Lupin in canon. A man who was bitten and chose to 
turn his trauma into a life of evil actions. 

Whereas Lupin, despite his traumatic childhood and lifetime curse, 
continues to choose a life of humanity---having friendships, teaching 
others, furthering a cause and, the big leap in this book, allowing 
himself to be vulnerable through intimate love with another person.

And most of the other werewolves Remus is living amongst have also 
chosen Voldemort's side over the WW! He calls him 'his equals' but 
then 'sounded a little bitter'--this isn't work he enjoys or perhaps 
even feels is productive. He understands why a person living on 
the 'margins of society' might choose to side with Voldemort, even if 
he himself hasn't made that choice. He knows it will be very hard to 
persuade them otherwise.

To find out Lupin is acting like all the rest of the werewolves in 
Potterverse would be a bit ho-hum. It's much more interesting to trace 
why he *didn't* chose the path the others did, and I very much think 
DD allowing him to attend Hogwarts, and his friendship with the 
Marauders, very much influenced Lupin's later choices as outlined 
above.

Jen