Nitwit? - Remus John Lupin

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> > Alla:
> > 
> > What I said was that I saw  nothing of Lupin **arranging* What 
Snape 
> > to be publicly  humiliated and I stand by this intepretation.
> 
> Pippin:
>  Lupin suggested the means by which boggart Snape could be 
ridiculed,
>  and then had Neville demonstrate this for the class. Sounds like an
>  arrangement to me. You might as well say that Bella didn't arrange
> to  attack Sirius, she just thought it was the best way to get the
>  prophecy.

>Alla:

>Eh, no, that is not a fact that this is  what Lupin did. I believe 
that he was helping Neville first and foremost.  Would it be clearer 
if I say that Lupin did not **plan** to humiliate Snape?  That this 
is just unexpected consequence of him helping  Neville?

>Of course I am not arguing that Snape was **not**  humiliated, sure 
he was ( not nearly enough if you ask me), I am just saying  that 
this was not Lupin intent ( This is only my belief obviously that  
those are Lupin's thoughts).
:
Nikkalmati
 
Yes, Lupin knew exactly what he was doing to Snape and that it would be all  
over school in a couple of hours.  Very unprofessional of him.  There  were 
other ways to help Neville, but, of course, Alla thinks Snape deserves it,  so 
it is no problem for her.  
 
What intrigues me about the Boggart is what happens at Christmas  dinner.  
The faculty and students are sitting together because there are so  few of them. 
  DD invites SS to pull a cracker.  A witch's hat  with a vulture on it falls 
out, DD puts it on and wears it for the next 2 hours  all during dinner. 
(Scholastic POA at 227-8).
What does this tell us about the relationship between DD and SS?  Is  DD 
humiliating SS further?  Why doesn't SS remark on this or even leave, if  that is 
the case?  It would be petty of DD just to make a joke at SS's  expense.  Is 
that in character?  Wouldn't SS add that to his list of  grievances against DD? 
 OTH is it an indication of a close relationship in  which DD is gently 
pulling SS's leg or reassuring him that wearing a hat with a  vulture on it is no 
big deal and that DD is fine with doing  it.?
Nikkalmati




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