Lupin & Legilimency (Re: Will there be an ESE!character in Book 7? )

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 147268

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Magda Grantwich 
<mgrantwich at y...> wrote:
> Unlike Pippin, I don't see the necessity of inserting Lupin into
> every scene where something bad happens over the past six books. 
> For me it would be enough for him to undergo a growing 
> estrangement from James and Sirius after the Prank, to find
> himself in financial hardship after graduation, to feel a growing
> resentment of his friends' personal financial security and their 
> inability to understand how difficult it was for him, to discover
> after POA that the situation had changed and that he was now the
> stronger Marauder and Sirius was dependent on him emotionally, and
> to feel increasing contempt for the WW which sees itself as so 
> superior to other magical beings and yet is totally incompetent to
> protect itself.  
 
> An ESE!Lupin finally letting the bitterness of decades well up and
> overpower him would be a major shock to Harry.

Jen: I never, ever thought I'd say this but your ESE!Lupin is one I 
could buy. JKR likes psychological twists, character traits which 
destroy from the inside. There's definitely evidence Lupin's lot is 
increasingly worse in OOTP due to Umbridge's legislation. JKR 
wouldn't have to go back over the whole story but start at POA and 
then use Lupin's turn to explain Sirius' death.

For me the main unexplained situation for Lupin is why he appears to 
be a Legilimens and Harry doesn't know it yet. Pippin makes a case 
for him being an Occlumens as well. The way I see it there are only 
three possible answers: 1) The canon moments when Lupin 'stared 
intently' or 'fixed his eyes' are simply characterization and he's 
not a Legilimens; 2) Lupin is a Legilimens and it will come in handy 
for Harry in Book 7; 3) Sinister reasons.

Any guesses?

Jen, also curious why the question of ESE!Lupin has never come up in 
chats or interviews.