Lupin and Filch and This and That

[lagattalucianese]

No: HPFGUIDX 146068

DB wrote:

> ...And, it seems as though in the Goblet of Fire movie that they 
> have made him into more of a joke then I'd like to see.

La Gatta Lucianese:

Awww...I loved the scene where he was waltzing with Mrs. Norris! 

Lupin Question (also from La Gatta Lucianese):

Lupin is a werewolf because he was bitten by Fenrir Greyback (HBP.16) 
because his father had offended Fenrir. However, I wonder if there 
were other factors involved. His family name is, after all, Lupin, 
and his parents (willingly or unwillingly) have named him Remus; both 
names have strong wolf connotations. I wonder if he actually comes 
from a family of werewolves, and what his father did to offend Fenrir 
(and the werewolf community generally) was refuse to allow Remus to 
be bitten, hoping that if he did not become a werewolf, he would be 
able to lead a normal life in wizarding society. Naturally this would 
offend Fenrir, and more to the point Lupin's extended family, who 
would increase their attempts to see that the boy was bitten and 
brought into the fold, so to speak, knowing that in spite of his 
parents' efforts (Poa.18), there was no cure for the bite of a 
werewolf. (I speak from experience here; my father was an apostate 
from the Mormon faith, and the rest of his family made it their 
life's work to see that my sister and I were converted and baptized 
by the time we were eight years old, very much against our father's 
wishes.)