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

[nrenka]

No: HPFGUIDX 130295

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:

> Pippin:
> First of all, it's not Lupin's business to approve or disapprove of 
> Snape's methods. Last I looked, Dumbledore, not Lupin, was 
> headmaster. 

Then Snape is, of course, being equally as rude in his far more overt 
and open disapproval of Lupin's methods?  The distinction, as I see 
it, is that Lupin is covertly critiquing Snape's methods *when Snape 
pokes his nose, unnecessarily, into Lupin's class as it's going on*.  
That's a far different situation than Snape coming in to teach 
Lupin's class and proceeding to disparage Lupin's teaching style, 
skills, etc. (while making a hilarious mistake himself).
 
> Neville might have been ashamed if Lupin had stepped in front of him
> and said, "I'll deal with it," forcing the boggart to take another
> form, but it would have spared Neville having to deal with an 
> aggravated  Snape all year. I think we can all agree that 
> aggravated!Snape was a bigger problem for Neville than being
> ashamed of not dealing with a boggart would have been.

I think it's a hypothetic that Snape wouldn't have found some reason 
and/or way to become aggravated with Neville.  He does it so very 
well.

> Then, if  Lupin really had wanted to  help Neville get  over his 
> fear of  the real Snape, he would have let  Neville practice 
> potions with a boggart-Snape glaring and sneering until it didn't 
> bother him anymore.

So Lupin is supposed to take over remedial Potions tutoring for 
Neville as well?  He's a busy werewolf, you know. :)

-Nora would almost love to just ask JKR right out about this situation