DD's dilemma + owl post

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 126482


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" 
<stevejjen at e...> wrote:

> Jen: It *is* hard for me to understand the 'jarring discord' you 
[Lupinlore] feel from the characterization of Dumbledore and the 
situation with  the Dursleys. But I won't try to change your mind! 
Like you said,  you have a right to feel it and find the books 
somewhat diminished  by it. There are possible scenarios which 
would mightily diminish  the series for me, like ESE!Lupin. No 
matter how expertly Pippin  argues this plot twist, I would not buy 
that JKR has prepared us for  a twist such as that. No matter 
what sinister intent people invest  in Lupin, mainly because of 
his actions in POA, I still maintain he  was a victim of plot 
necessity in that one. The plot hinged on the  ambiguity of his 
character so the reader would be left wondering  about his true 
nature until the bitter end.
> 
> If JKR comes back to say, 'no, he actually *is* evil' I will feel 
> duped and it will take some mighty acrobatics on my part to 
make  peace with it. But I probably will go through the exercise.
> 


Pippin:

Jen, you've made me see Lupinlore's objections to JKR's 
portrayal of Dumbledore in an entirely new light. If Lupin had 
come to feel that Dumbledore was using *him* as a weapon, 
that he was indifferent to the werewolves' plight  and had let 
Lupin or other werewolves suffer the likes of Umbridge when he 
should have intervened on their behalf -- well, that might make 
Lupin feel the way Lupinlore seems to think Harry ought to -- that 
he has cause for bitter resentment against Dumbledore above 
and beyond the faults that Dumbledore has acknowledged, and 
that if Dumbledore won't admit it, then what passes for good in 
the Wizarding World isn't really worth saving.

Now I think, personally, that Dumbledore does have what JKR 
thinks are worthwhile  reasons for everything. But this 
might be the reason she has told us that he is good but not 
yet tried to justify him: to make Lupin's defection more 
credible.

Pippin