Lupin vs Snape (was Lupin and "Severus")

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No: HPFGUIDX 157148

> Pippin:
> It's really the smarminess that turned me off Lupin as a good guy,
> long before I came up with a theory that he was evil. Take this 
business
> about the Order of Merlin. Lupin sounds as if he's being 
understanding,
> even nobly sympathetic, and yet the effect of his words is to paint
> Snape as a petty venal tyrant who retaliated for a setback to his
> own ambitions by doing irreparable damage to Lupin's. Lupin's
> own highly questionable behavior is made to seem beside the point 
even
> as he admits to it. I can't consider someone who behaves like that
> a hero, even a flawed one. But for a villain, it's magnificent. 
>

Alla:

Personally, I never thought that Lupin sounds understanding or nobly 
sympathetic. To me he sounded **pissed**, but trying to cover it by 
refusing to dissing fellow teacher in front of Harry. Was he 
succesful? No, not really, but Snape just made sure that he will not 
get paid job again probably forever. He IMO should not be 
understanding or sympathetic.

Oh, and again Lupin forgetting to drink his potion has nothing to do 
with what I am arguing. Snape should IMO be the very last person to 
decide whether Lupin should or should not resign. It is up to 
Dumbledore and to Lupin IMO and I am sure Lupin would have resigned 
anyways. It is just Snape should not have touched it at all.

At least then poor Remus could have find paying job elsewhere, IMO. 
Alas.

And I mentioned JKR's quote recently, but I may as well quote it 
again, although I am sure you know it.

"Lupin will come back as DADA teacher
Alas, no. Lupin's exposure as a werewolf did irreparable damage to 
his prospects for a career in teaching, and with the likes of Fenrir 
Greyback out there, werewolves are unlikely to receive a good press 
any time soon."

If there was anything **noble** in what Snape did, I think JKR's 
words would be something of Lupin's recklessness would not let him 
come back as a teacher.

Instead the way I read this quote - **all** blame is put on another 
party, the one who did that irreparable damage.

That is just my opinion of course, but yes I do think that Snape 
acted exactly as petty venal tyrant who finally get a chance to 
retaliate for the past to the party who in my book is pretty much 
blameless for what happened in the past.


Oh, and I do not remember if I mentioned it in the past or not, and 
this is not exactly answering your argument, but I read a very nice 
**speculation** somewhere that Snape behaviour towards Lupin when he 
was probably told by Dumbledore to keep his mouth shut did put a 
strain on their relationship. NO, not to the point of Dumbledore not 
trusting Snape per se, but to the point where Dumbledore refused to 
let Snape supervise school security as much as he did ( patrolling 
the corridors, etc). Don't we see Fake!Mooody doing that in GoF 
instead of Snape?

JMO,

Alla