[HPforGrownups] Re: a Lupin Rant

[k12listmomma]

No: HPFGUIDX 173486

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


Shelley:
That scene was so "unLupinlike" that my husband and I were actually 
discussing whether he had been Imperiused or taken over by a Death Eater- if 
he was a planted snoop for the other side to find out what it was that Harry 
was up to. If Lupin had succeeded, would he not have been able to pass along 
information to LV? So, when Harry gives him the lecture about being there 
for the baby, I was cheering for the wrong reason. I though Harry had 
averted a negative plot element- as I thought he should have followed the 
early lead of Lupin and Kingsley when they thought the had been 
double-crossed and asked pointed questions with a threatening wand to see if 
the person was who they really claimed to be.

Then, later it's shown that Lupin was really Lupin, and it bugged me to no 
end that what he was asking amounted to running away or committing suicide, 
and it ruined the image I had of Lupin being one to consider the facts and 
weigh the cost before taking the action- I thought he had considered "the 
cost" of marrying Tonks- like all people marrying should consider- and 
that's the possibility of having kids and if they are mentally ready to 
handle those challenges. I was disappointed to learn of a Lupin who jumped 
into marriage, got his wife pregnant, and then quickly wanted to jump ship 
because the responsibility scared him. It seemed like he was too eager to 
jump at a possible suicide mission just to escape the social pressure of 
what he'd done.

His later death was understandable- everyone who fought LV at the castle 
knew they could die, and some did. By then, it was "ok" that he die, but 
then I didn't expect Tonks's death also.

Shelley