Remus Lupin: Good man doing nothing (long!)

[nrenka]

No: HPFGUIDX 149246

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" 
<horridporrid03 at ...> wrote:

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> But get the boys out into the sunlight and our Lupin of past books 
> is quite apparent.

Being as it's a flashback to the past, not exactly shocking, is it?

> Lupin launches into a speech about the need to blindly and 
> unquestionably trust Dumbledore [332].  Where does this come from?  
> He didn't trust Dumbledore blindly before.  Throughout PoA Lupin 
> rarely if ever turned to Dumbledore for help or advice. (We *know* 
> he shared no information with Dumbledore.)  And now suddenly it's 
> like he's joined a cult.  Must not question Dumbledore, must not 
> dislike Snape.

One word: Overcompensation.

Lupin feels guilty at not having trusted Dumbledore, not having 
shared, and thus being responsible for the chain of events which PoA 
set off.  So he, despite what he may feel deep down (and keep in mind 
that between PoA and HBP he does find out that Snape has this 
charming tattoo), he plays the party line with fervency (although 
he's far from being the only one).  If not trusting Dumbledore was a 
mistake before, dammit, he's not going to make *that* one again.

The irony is just too delightful, if you're into those sorts of 
things.

And as others have mentioned, Lupin feels indebted to Dumbledore in a 
way that few other characters are.  Without Dumbledore's liberal view 
towards werewolves, Lupin would never have met his friends, been to 
school...maybe a year of working amongst the disenfranchised 
werewolves has had him thanking whatever deities he follows every 
night for what Dumbledore gave him.

-Nora relaxes down in the warmth and sun