Prank question - Lupin wanted Snape DEAD? Still don't quite buy it.

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 154279

 
> > Pippin:
> > Lupin has done a whole lot of things 
> > that aren't heroic besides the near gangland slaying of Pettigrew.
> > Failing to tell Dumbledore about Sirius, failing to turn in the 
> > Marauder's Map,, leaving Ron to suffer with his broken leg,
> > (and isn't it *interesting* that Lupin says he's not so good
> > with healing spells, now that we find out that Snape is) --
> > and failing to write to Harry before going on his
> > secret mission.

> Renee:
> Aren't you overdoing it a little now? I'd be hard put to find a less
> well-meaning description of the way Lupin handled Ron's predicament
> than "Leaving Ron to suffer with his broken leg". (Though I wouldn't
> be surprised if you could.)
> 
> Let's have a look at the text. When Ron's in pain, shortly after
> Lupin's demasque as a werewolf, Lupin starts toward him, looking
> concerned, but he is rebuffed by Ron's reaction. Later, when they
> leave the shack, he does provide Ron with a splint and bandages,
> because as he says, he "can't mend bones nearly as well as Madam
> Pomfrey". 
> 
> Compare this way of dealing with an injury to Lockhart's in CoS. He is
> obviously incompetent with healing spells, but he tries to heal
> Harry's arm all the same, with dire results (and I wouldn't be
> surprised if the contrast between him and Lupin was intentional). I'd
> prefer Lupin's approach; at least he knows he's not competent enough.
> And what little he does do, gives Ron temporary relief: "Lupin helped
> him to his feet; Ron put his weight gingerly on the leg and didn't
> wince. 'That's better,' he said. 'Thanks.'" Lupin leaves Ron to
> *suffer* with his broken leg??

Pippin:
Yes indeed, for nearly an hour. Why didn't Lupin splint Ron's leg 
immediately instead of waiting all that time?

Because Ron rebuffed him? Lupin, the adult professor, let a fourteen year
old kid decide whether he needed first aid? Compare that to Tonks in
HBP, who tends to Harry's broken nose over Harry's objections. I'm
sure that contrast was deliberate too :)

It  can't be because Lupin was intimidated by Ron's distrust --
that didn't stop him from ordering Ron not to leave, or  from pointing 
his wand at Scabbers, an innocent rat as far as Ron was concerned. 


Pippin