Lupin is Ever So Evil, Part One -- The Prank (LONG)

[phoenixgod2000]

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> 
> Pippin:
> See, when Lupin wanted to help Harry to step up to the dementors, he
> didn't have Harry use riddikulus, because that would only have helped
> Harry cope with the boggart. It wouldn't have been any use against a 
> real dementor at all. Harry had to learn to take the worst a dementor
> could throw at him and still keep his happy thought in mind.
> 
> So, I don't think helping Neville cope with his fear of Snape was 
> Lupin's priority. It was about embarrassing Snape, and that wasn't
> likely to help Neville -- indeed it didn't, for we  soon learn that
> Snape was bullying Neville worse than ever.

you use different methods with different students, especially when 
they are dealing with different problems. Just because he wasn't 
helping Neville with the same method he used to help Harry doesn't 
mean he wasn't trying to help neville.

phoenixgod2000