Fathers WAS: lupin's motives (was Depression (was Re: DH reread CH 31

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> Geoff:
> I wonder if she's discounted "off-stage" fathers. I know that James 
> was revealed in OOTP as being less than perfect in relations with 
> other Hogwarts students, but is there any evidence that he wasn't 
> a good father to Harry?
> 
Potioncat:
We've had a couple of "father" threads and James ususally ends up as "absent" father. I'd agree with you, I don't think JKR thinks of James as a bad father, but that in the books, he isn't shown in his fathering role.