Snape - a werewolf bigot?? Was: Say it isn't so Lupin!!!

[Dana]

No: HPFGUIDX 170132

lizzyben04: 
> I just wanted to add a couple questions on ESE!Lupin. Lupin was my
> favorite character halfway through POA, but he quickly began to
> creep me out. He is extremely manipulative & prone to spinning the
> facts in order to create a favorable impression. And there's two
> things that Lupin has said that I've never understood; maybe someone
> else can explain this? First, he usually refers to Voldemort by
> name - and he's the only person who does this in the WW, besides DD
> & Harry. And he does it casually, w/o anxiety - while most other
> people have to force themselves to even form the word. How did Lupin
> get on such familiar terms? It's an anomoly that I've never seen
> explained in the text. Maybe he's just that brave, but that doesn't
> seem in line w/Lupin's personality. I almost get the impression that
> he *knows* Voldemort in some capacity.

Dana:
Sirius does that too. I do not see why this would make Lupin 
suspisious. The DEs refer to LV as the Dark Lord and so does Snape 
but not Lupin. 

lizzyben04:
> Second, in OOTP, Lupin says that Regulas Black was killed days after
> leaving the Death Eaters. How does he know this? Even Sirius, his
> brother, only has some vague idea that Regulas tried to leave at
> some point & was killed by somebody. Lupin knows exactly when
> Regulas left, and exactly when he was killed. I don't know how Lupin
> could know when Regulas left the Death Eaters - unless he was in
> contact w/the Death Eaters as well. These things always made me
> wonder about him, though there might be a perfectly reasonable
> explanation.

Dana:

Lupin never says anything about Regulus in OotP. He states in HBP 
that as far as he can remember Sirius's brother did not last long 
with the DEs. That is all that he states. Regulus died a year before 
the Potters did so there would have been numerous ways to find out he 
died. 

Dana