[HPforGrownups] Re: Lupin and Legilimency: Why Wait to Reveal?

[Katherine Coble]

No: HPFGUIDX 129932


On Jun 2, 2005, at 12:18 PM, Beth wrote:

>  "pippin_999" wrote:
>
>  > Why does Lupin seem unaffected by the dementor on the
>  > train?
>
> K:  Since the books are from Harry's POV, and he was so greatly 
> affected, we aren't necessarily aware of how Lupin was/wasn't 
> affected.

>  > What was Lupin doing for twelve years between GH and
>  > Book Three?
>
K:  I kind of think he must have been teaching something, somewhere.   
The letters on on valise which said "Professor RJ Lupin" were flaking, 
meaning they had been there awhile.  Meaning, naturally, that he'd been 
a Professor for awhile.  Where and of what are the questions....
>
>
>  > Why is he afraid of  Trelawney?
>

K:  I'm with others who think that he wasn't so much afraid of her as 
just avoiding her.

>  > Is his boggart really a full moon or does the "silvery orb"
>  > represent something else?
>

K:  Occam's razor says that it's a full moon.

>  > Why is Lupin absent on Christmas day in PoA when
>  > it shouldn't be full moon yet?
>

K:  Not to be rude, but many women have cramps before their cycles 
start.  I've always assumed that Lupin may experience the same kind of 
general malaise when his cycle comes due.....


>  > Why did Snape think Lupin was in on the prank?
>
K:  Because Snape, like Harry, can be a paranoid whiner at times.   I 
think that much of his behaviour is supposed to be as a cautionary tale 
to Harry.

>  > Why isn't Lupin in any of Harry's photos?
>

K:  He either took them (as another post-er mentioned) or they were of 
events wherein he wasn't present.   My husband's best friends from High 
School aren't in many of our photos as a couple. Lupin is, however, in 
Madeye's picture of the order.


>  > Why wasn't Lupin at Harry's christening?
>

K:  See above......


>
>  > Why does Lupin's case say "Professor R.
>  > J. Lupin" in peeling gold letters, if he's never had
>  > paid work?
>  Again, many possible explanations.
>  -He worked as tutor for werewolf children who could not go to
>  wizarding schools.
>  -He is RJ Lupin Jr. the case was his father's.
>  -He always wanted to teach so his friends gave him the case as gift
>  many years ago.


K:  All good points, and all which I agree with.   Also, he _has_ had 
paying work.  The conversation in OotP is that the paying work is MORE 
difficult to get after Umbridge's new decrees---which I took to mean 
that said decrees were passed down in the years between PoA and OotP.  
Harry's observations being that Lupin looked MORE shabby, etc.


>  > When Lupin leapt between Harry and Malfoy at
>  > the ministry battle, why didn't Malfoy curse him?
>
>

K:  That entire ministry battle was a huge Charlie Foxtrot, and not 
everyone had their wits about them.



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