Ungrateful Werewolf ( Was Re: Character Given A Reprieve)

[Judy]

No: HPFGUIDX 175440

Pippin wrote:
>... I'm not terribly sorry she killed off Lupin. He *knew* 
> that Snape 
> knew his secret and was faithfully keeping 
> it (though not above dropping a hint now and then) and he still 
> didn't try  to stop James and co.  
> 
> Talk about ungrateful!  That's the first time I ever really felt
> disgusted with canon!Lupin. I'm not saying he deserved to die 
> for that, of course, just
> that I think that, having redeemed himself from his cowardice, 
> it was time for him to go. 
> 
> Poor Sev! Trying so hard not to say 'werewolf' and 'mudblood' slips 
> out instead.

Ooo, I hadn't thought of that!  Yes, it really was nasty for Lupin to 
not help Snape, who was keeping his secret.  Maybe Lupin really was 
evil after all!  :-)

Actually, though, I don't get how Lupin would let the Marauders keep 
tormenting Snape when Snape knew his secret.  It seems just too 
likely that the secret would slip out "under duress" whether Snape 
wanted it to or not.  Maybe this is just a plot hole, another 
situation where the timeline is off? (*cough*missing24hours*cough*)

As for Snape dropping hints -- I know the book makes it sound like he 
told Lily that he thought Lupin is a werewolf; Snape mentions that 
Lupin gets ill at the full moon, and Lily says, "I know your 
theory."  But, I wonder if there could be some other theory that 
Snape proposed, apart from lycanthropy. 

For example, maybe there are illicit potions (illegal drugs?) that 
can only be brewed at the full moon; we've seen plants that can only 
be harvested at the full moon.  Maybe Snape never considered that 
Lupin could be a werewolf, because the idea of inviting a *werewolf* 
into a school full of children seemed just too outrageous. (Think of 
Draco's horror in HBP when he realizes he's let Fenrir Greyback into 
the school, even though he's happy to let other Death Eaters in.)

Maybe Snape thought Lupin was either pretending to be sick so he 
could slip out and make illicit potions, or was actually sick as a 
result of using them.  Madame Pomfrey walking with Lupin to the 
Whomping Willow could have been interpreted as her bringing an 
antidote for someone who had overdosed -- we know Madame Pomfrey's 
supposed to be good about not reporting illegal magic use.  Frankly, 
Snape's suspecting that Lupin was a werewolf doesn't make sense to 
me.  If Snape suspected that, then going into the Willow would be 
really dumb -- and whatever else Snape is, he isn't dumb.

-- JudySerenity