Lupin and Legilimency: Why Wait to Reveal?

[heather the buzzard]

No: HPFGUIDX 129951

quigonginger wrote:
>Q:> Why does Lupin's case say "Professor R.J. Lupin" in peeling 
>gold letters, if he's never had paid work?
>>    
>A: The man's an optomist.  Although it could have belonged to 
>his twin, Romulus Jack. (who went to school elsewhere)


Heehee... I know you're being funny, and we know that JKR has 
said that Remus does not have a twin named Romulus though she 
appreciates why we would think so...

But that did get me thinking.  Perhaps Lupin's father was a professor?  With the same initials?  That's not unheard of.  
He's really not old enough to have a briefcase that tattered 
and worn.  His clothes are understandable -- he rips them when 
he transforms, and he's poor from not getting much work and has 
to buy second-hand.  But if he buys stuff second-hand, how did 
he get a briefcase with his name on it?  If he got the briefcase 
second-hand and had his name added to it, how would the name 
already be peeling?

Generally, someone with their name on their briefcase, has been 
using it for quite some time.  So there are really only 2 possiblities that I can see. 1) He was a professor elsewhere in 
the intermediary time, and the statement of not finding paid work 
was a red herring of some sort, or 2) the case belonged to an 
older relative, presumably a father or perhaps an uncle (heck, 
why not even a mother or an aunt?)

heather the buzzard