Lupin's behavior (Was: CHAPDISC: DH11, The Bribe)

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 180605

Alla wrote:
<snip>

> Alla:
> 
> Or maybe and that is what I am thinking that JKR agrees with Harry 
> and what he said about Remus was true. Otherwise as Carol said would 
> Remus made Harry a godfather, but for acknowledging the truth? I 
> wonder.
> 
> Oh, by the way just wanted to say that one thing I completely 
> disagree with Carol is that I do not think Lupin's being a werewolf 
> played any part in Harry's decision to reject his help. IMO. <snip>

Carol responds:

Sorry to be unclear. I agree with you; Lupin's being a werewolf had
nothing to do with his reaction to Lupin. He was disapproving of
Lupin's decision to leave his family and join HRH's adventure.

But, IMO, *Lupin* was not thinking clearly when he offered his
services as protector given the danger his transformations would pose
to the people he was trying to protect. His companionship would not
only have created tension and inconvenience because of the difficulty
of keeping their mission from him, it would have actually endangered
them--not to mention that his guilt and depression would no doubt have
increased as the result of abandoning his wife and child. Who needs a
Horcrux around their necks (not that they have it yet) when they've
got doom-and-gloom Lupin pulling out his hair and throwing furniture?

Carol, not attributing her own views to Harry, just pointing out that
Lupin's offer was not only self-serving (much like his behavior in
PoA) but irrational and far more problematic than helpful