a Lupin Rant

[srpripas]

No: HPFGUIDX 173577


> 
> Pippin:
> I do have to thank JKR for making Lupin a credible red herring and
> allowing Harry to recognize that he did indeed have greater failings
> than cutting his friends too much slack. They were all evident in the
> earlier books, though Harry did not notice them. 
> 
> We need not ask now why Sirius would have suspected him as the spy,
> or Snape would have thought he was in on the prank or why Lupin would
> have killed Pettigrew without a visible qualm. None of that would have
> been out of character for the callous, cowardly, irresponsible Lupin
> of DH. 
>

I don't think JKR intended to portray DH Lupin as a coward.  Since HBP
(and maybe even earlier) I've seen him as very brave about "Big and
Important" things like battles, but a coward about everyday things
like forming lasting relationships.  And even there, he was able to
get over it in the end and was apparently a happy father.  Since the
first book JKR has established that there are different kinds of
braveries within the "Gryffindor" banner.

And it's a side point, but I really don't think we're supposed to
trust Snape's assessment of the Prank as grounded in objective
reality.  He clearly has a grudge.

Sarah