Lupin and The Marauders (was:Re: Remus Lupin: Good man doing nothing)

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No: HPFGUIDX 149345

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" 
<horridporrid03 at ...> wrote:
<snip>
> Betsy Hp:
> Lupin *has to* dislike Snape.  He must see Snape as an evil, nasty 
> person.  Otherwise, what would that make James and Sirius?  What 
would 
> that make him?
> 
> I do think Lupin's problem though, was with *what* James and 
Sirius 
> were doing, not *where*. 
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I don't think that Luipn sees Snape as evil so much as "little." He 
seems to take pleasure in PoA from tweaking Snape's nose (not 
drinking his potion in front of Snape, shouting at Snape about 
a "schoolboy" grudge, etc). I think Lupin sees Snape as being small, 
petty, and mean-spirited...the problem is that no one has held up a 
mirror for Lupin (I would say that about the other Marauders as well 
but I wouldn't be surprised if they knew what they doing and did it 
anyway).

<snip>
>I shudder to think what would have happened 
> to Snape if James and Sirius got him cornered in a dark room with 
no 
> witnesses.  They were skirting some very disturbing edges 
already.  
> I'm glad the gloves stayed on.  Unleashed, Sirius was quite 
willing 
> for Snape to be *eaten*.  By his "friend" no less.  (Something 
Lupin 
> seems remarkably okay with.  No wonder Snape lost any notion of 
trust 
> the first time Lupin forgot his meds.)
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The problem I have with that is that by and large we've always heard 
the story from Snape's point of view. The story of the Prank, 
Snape's Worst memory scene, Snape's rants in PoA, etc. isn't really 
countered by other views of the Marauders. It'd be like asking Harry 
to tell us about Malfoy. I'm also suspicious of the "Prank" in 
general...Sirius acting alone, Snape staying quiet, the fact that 
Lupin let Sirius off about it. I think there most be more too it 
then that.

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