[HPforGrownups] Re: Lupin's Resignation

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 191269


>> Bart:
>> One other question for everybody, even with 20/20 hindsight, about
>> Lupin's behavior in POA:
>>
>> Consider: Yes, Lupin hid the fact that James, Peter, and Sirius were
>> unregistered animagi from Dumbledore. But, by the time of POA, from
>> Lupin's point of view, Peter and James were dead, and SIrius was one
>> of Morty's followers.
>>
>> Why the hell didn't Lupin give the full details of Sirius' dog form
>> as soon as Sirius escaped?
>
> Jean:
> He didn't say anything, perhaps for the same reason that Hermione
> didn't say about the Time Turners... plot development ;) Perhaps we
> could turn this on its head a little, and ask, what would have
> happened if Lupin had told Dumbledore about Sirius' Animagus and the
> Maruader's Map? Dumbledore would have known about the passages and
> how Sirius was getting in, and the story would have been completely
> different and not lasted a whole year! :)

Bart:
     Well, you can justify ANYTHING in the books with "otherwise, there 
would be no story." I can see Lupin not telling Dumbledore out of 
embarrassment or shame, but in the story, he apparently considers that 
more important than Harry's life. I can even understand why Lupin didn't 
recognize Scabbers; most of the time he saw Peterat, he was in his 
Lupinwolf form, and his memory of those times wasn't all that good.

     But Lupin seemed like a decent enough sort. I really wish that JKR 
had come up with a reason for his endangering the lives of Harry and the 
other students other than simple embarrassment.

     Bart