[HPforGrownups] a Lupin Rant

[Ginger McElwee]

No: HPFGUIDX 173441

>Eva wrote:
>This episode doesn't detract from Lupins braveness or any good qualities he
>has. He is a good person, but but was overwhelmed with all that was
>happening and the consequences of that. 

>sherry replied:
>I was disgusted with Lupin in the scene of the argument with Harry. . . . I
liked Lupin in every previous book, but I wanted
>to shake him in DH, and no other supposedly good character came off looking
>so disgusting to me. 

Authors have to show some inner conflict in characters or the characters
will look flat and uninteresting.  Lupin has a serious problem.  If Rowling
never showed that he doubted himself and agonized over the proper and
responsible way to behave, critics would (rightly) accuse Rowling of writing
a cardboard book with flat, uninteresting and predictable characters.
However, every time she makes one of the main characters have flaws or
doubts, even when those doubts are resolved well, many fans become unset.
Lupin has doubts and has to resolve them.  That doesn't make him disgusting;
it makes him responsible.  If he didn't consider the possible negative
consequences to his wife and child, he would show an amazing lack of insight
into the difficulties he and his family are likely to face.

Ginger

 

 



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