Hermione re: Lupin's lycanthropy (was: Hermione's a liberal)

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 125580


 
> SSSusan:
> My first thought was that, yes, you're right -- she did keep his 
> secret all year, which shows "more truthfully" (as you so nicely 
put 
> it) that his status as werewolf didn't make her suspicious or 
bother 
> her.  And perhaps this was helped along by the knowledge that Lupin 
> was assisting Harry in learning the Patronus charm [she knew that, 
> right??].
> 
> OTOH, it is possible that Hermione *was* suspicious to some degree 
> ever since she figured it out and, as soon as she suspected Lupin 
of 
> betraying Harry by helping Sirius, she was ready to latch right 
onto 
> that "He's a werewolf" thing as the *cause* of it.  I mean, instead 
> of just saying, "I trusted you, and now I find you've been lying, 
> helping a mass murderer to get to Harry!" she phrases it as, "Don't 
> trust him... he's a werewolf!"
> 
> So which is it with this remark of her?  Emotions running high, and 
> Hermione's just horrified at her own seemingly wrong judgment of 
> Lupin's character as good?  Or is it to show an underlying 
prejudice 
> (as we know exists in Ron), even in Hermione?

Finwitch:

You know -- it WAS Full Moon that night. Not to trust a werewolf on a 
full moon night is caution, not prejudice... Did she realise that it 
WAS Full Moon? Or was it just Hermione going: X can't be trusted 
because he's a werewolf; One must be nice to Y because he's a house-
elf; One does trust Z because he's a professor; one admires L because 
he's written so many books; ...

Hermione's questions and courtecy to Mr Black... oh goodness. 'How 
did you escape Azkaban?' (Oh sure, she ALWAYS wants to know things 
and her precious books name that as near impossible). And I suppose 
she figured that courtecy to a potential killer would keep her alive. 

But what does Harry see: The action of SB going to the rat and 
trusted Lupin saying they needed explanation; SB stopped choking him 
so long as he wasn't trying to kill SB and it wasn't to kill him at 
all; *admitted* Guilt over persuasion vs. the rat's death-faking, 
beeping rampings to whatever way would please others more - and the 
SNEAKOSKOPE probably reacted to the rat... Harry HAD wondered how the 
rat had lived so long etc. Do you believe the rat who pretended to be 
your friend's pet AND Dead... or the imprisoned but later escaped 
(like Harry with Dursleys) dog who actually was giving advice about a 
hurt leg and obviously minding killing the rat more than him...?

What about Lupin - *grading* Hermione on that comment? Giving them 
wands while disarming *himself* - to give the kids the upper hand... 
what sort of assistant-of-murderer does that?

Oh, Harry sees two of his father's friends now that he knows the full 
truth... and the traitor whom he is now letting to live.

Finwitch