ESE!Lupin condensed

[nrenka]

No: HPFGUIDX 146824

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

> Jen: Not to mention Harry's hatred would shift to Lupin, collapsing 
> the carefully planned animosity between Harry and Snape like a 
> house of cards.

I'm not Pippin and she should correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe 
she's argued that would be one very solid reason *for* ESE!Lupin.  
It's the reversal yet again as Harry has to learn to deal with 
difficult reality; the seemingly evil Snape is loyal and the 
seemingly kind and loyal Lupin is eeeevil.  JKR is waiting to spring 
the trap on us.

> And the simple fact Lupin would appear capable of planning 
> and executing spectacular feats while Voldemort stands in his 
> shadow, wallowing in villainous mediocrity. 

There's my objection.  Some parts of this theory can be argued for in 
isolation, and might make good sense.  But the whole shebang?  If 
Lupin were that unbelievably competent and lucky, he should be 
sitting on a tropical island of his choice rolling in dough and 
having hot waitresses bring him drinks.

It remains to be seen how much of the plot JKR loads onto Snape, 
after all.  I wasn't surprised that he turned out to be the 
eavesdropper--that makes good dramatic sense.  But she can't do that 
much, or things tie up too neatly: Peter being involved helps spread 
the load amongst more characters.  I got the impression that JKR 
telling us who invented Wolfsbane was more of a "Dear fans, Snape 
didn't do *everything*, you know" moment than anything else.
 
-Nora continues to attempt advanced necromancy on a hard drive