Lupin and Tonks characterization in HD --- Was: Initial critique of DH

[melrosedarjeeling]

No: HPFGUIDX 173048

>"pattiemgsybb" wrote:
> >
> > Yes, yes, yes. And that really bugged me because I think Lupin is
> one
> > of her best creations -- the gentle werewolf trying to make his
way
> > through a world that, by and large, doesn't want him.
>

Yes, I too thought Lupin, especially, deserved better. The initial,
out-of-character, "demented" Lupin bugged me; the holier-than-thou
Harry slapping him down for it bugged me; and it TOTALLY bugged me
that after all that blathering about how important it is to be there
for your child, both Lupin and Tonks arrive to fight at the final
battle leaving the kid with her mother. And now it's portrayed as
heroic. So somehow it was wrong for Lupin to risk his life before the
kid is born, but it's ok afterward? Unless JKR has a previously
hidden pro-fetus agenda, this is an inconsistency that shows the
whole subplot up as a weak device to cast suspicion on Lupin as the
betrayer.

melrosedarjelling