ESE!Lupin condensed

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 146851

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nrenka" <nrenka at y...> wrote:
>
> --- 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.
>
> Nora:
> 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.

Renee:

But she's already done something of the kind, and repeatedly at that.
In PS/SS we had the seemingly evil Snape turning out to be loyal, and
in CoS we had the seemingly nice Diary!Riddle turning out to be evil.
In PoA we had the seemingly evil Sirius Black turning out to be good,
and in GoF we had the seemingly helpful Moody turning out to be fake
and evil. 

OTOH, in OotP we've had someone who seemed evil turn out even more
evil: Umbridge, not only a power-hungry bureaucrat, but also the one
who sicced the Dementors on Harry. In HBP we had someone who seemed
evil turn out a little less evil, but still not good: Draco, who used
an unforgivable on Rosmerta, whose machinations almost killed Katie
Bell and Ron and who let the Death-eaters into Hogwarts, but who
turned out to be unable to kill Dumbledore. Also, there are many
examples of people who do not only seem good, but are good: Hagrid,
Neville, Dumbledore... 

Renee