Werewolves and RL equivalents

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 170431

> 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. 


Jen:  Except it was never about a job since Lupin wasn't coming back 
anyway due to the DADA curse.  Snape may not have known about the curse 
but he didn't even give Lupin and Dumbledore a chance to settle the 
matter before he decided to act on his own.  Snape happens to be in the 
castle himself only because Dumbledore kept him out of Azkaban and gave 
him a second chance and he's playing judge and jury for Lupin's future.

I'll have to see proof in DH that Snape had student protection 
uppermost in his mind during this slip (and the other times he's 
attributed with protecting students) to believe that was his primary 
motive here.  It's possible, it just sure seems like from everything 
that transpired the night before there was an element of revenge at 
work.