Lupin in Book 7 (Re: The co-protagonists and minor characters...)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 142763

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> wrote:
>
> Carol:
> > Maybe Hagrid will take care of Hedwig, who's too conspicuous for
> > Harry to use as a means of communication, so maybe Harry will use
> > his Patronus to communicate with Lupin, who (IMO) will need to
> > remain at 12 GP as he can no longer spy on the werewolves (his
> > cover is blown--the DEs saw him fighting as an Order member at
> > Hogwarts).
> 
> Julie:
> > I agree Lupin blew his cover, so I'd assume he'll be holed up with
> > the Order, or with Tonks ;-) Grimmald Place seems likely. I
> > suspect the two of them will join in a battle against DEs at
> > some point though.

Pippin:
Erm, why wasn't it blown at the Ministry of Magic? Surely Bella had to
have seen him there. Peter obviously knew he was a member of the 
Order in any case. I think he must use a disguise among the werewolves.

Jen:

> I *think* his skill will help Harry understand the scar connection 
> and perhaps, as we debated in the possession thread, any other 
> powers Voldemort transferred to Harry such as possession and/or 
> legilimency. Lupin understands the dark arts in a much different way 
> from Dumbledore, and his expertise will benefit Harry. Hopefully we 
> will find out where he learned so much about the dark arts and why 
> he had that battered case for his 'first' teaching gig, while JKR is 
> at it.

Pippin:
Heh, heh. That case is the least of what needs explaining about  
his first appearance in PoA. Why wasn't he in the compartment
the first time Harry entered it -- or was he perhaps there but using a 
disillusionment charm? Read carefully -- Harry puts his bags in 
the empty compartment, gets off the train to farewell the Weasleys,
then gets back on, apparently forgetting that he already chose a
compartment!

What is  Lupin's patronus?  (We know it's corporeal, because it made 
the dementor go away.) Would it, like Snape's, give too much away?  

JKR invokes the sinister image of the stranger handing
out candy on the train and never quite counters it -- very different
than the way she handles the frights Sirius gave Harry and Ron.

Have you noticed that the people whom Lupin likes tend to end up
dead?<veg>

Pippin