Werewolves and RL equivalents

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 170426

> >>Alla:
> From JKR's website:
> Section: Rumours
> Lupin will come back as DADA teacher
> Alas, no. Lupin's exposure as a werewolf did irreparable damage to 
> his prospects for a career in teaching, and with the likes of       
> Fenrir Greyback out there, werewolves are unlikely to receive a    
> good press any time soon.
> 
> Alla:
> Hmmm, somehow I am not sure JKR means for Lupin to be all **that** 
> grateful to Snape. IMO of course.
>
> I think Lupin was more than grateful to the person who              
> did "irrepparable damage" to his career in teaching, much more than 
> that person deserved for making a potion as far as I am concerned   
> on Dumbledore's orders.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
I agree that Snape made the potion because Dumbledore told him to.  I 
disagree that Snape was responsible for Lupin losing his job.  Lupin 
lost that job all by himself.  He proved himself unable to balance 
his being a werewolf with the safety of his students when he 
transformed in front of three of those students.  By reporting the 
truth Snape was doing *his* job as stand in parent.

It is too bad that with both Fenrir and Umbridge out doing their 
thing, werewolves are seen in a particularly bad light. But that's 
Fenrir's and Umbridge's doing, not Snape's. 

Betsy Hp