Lupin and Legilimency: Why Wait to Reveal?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 129861

> Alla:

> And now, my question, what do you make of the fact that JKR wished 
> him Happy Birthday?

He's a Pisces. Kind and wonderfully appreciative of others' needs.
But also  dual-natured, easily misled, great actors, fickle and
oft-deceived by their hopes.

Alla:
> Is he the only villain, who had been wished Happy Birthday so far?
If  so, why make an exception?

Pippin
Honestly, I think you could get more out of analyzing the coffee 
grounds <g> Heroes aren't the only people who get birthday
greetings.

Alla:
> OK, in all other instances when she praises Lupin, I guess you can 
make a case that she refers specifically to his teaching skills,
not  to him as a person, but I am having a very hard time buying an 
argument that JKR would want a teacher for her daughter, who serves 
an evil monster, even thouh he is professionally all right.


Pippin:
To paraphrase Arthur Weasly, when you're dealing with a witch like
Umbridge, you sometimes have to join forces with those you'd rather
avoid. Lupin is what the WW has made him; in our world, where
JKR's daughter lives, his choices would be different.

Pippin