Lupin quotes was Re: Never again

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--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, Monika Huebner 
<bookworm at d...> wrote:
> >Pippin said:
> 
> >My crystal ball is just as cloudy as everyone else's, but  my 
> >guess is that just like all her other "surprise" revelations, JKR  
> >could prepare the ground well enough for ESE!Lupin that  the 
> >only shock readers receive will be that they didn't realize it 
> >sooner. 
> 
> Now this would really surprise me. I think it is highly unlikely 
given the fact that she always says he is one of her favourites 
along with Harry, Hagrid and Dumbledore. Of course you can 
argue that one can have a villain as a favourite, but what she 
uses to say about Lupin doesn't leave much room for 
interpretation. IMHO of course. <


Pippin:
Rowling has described Nabakov's Lolita as one of her favorite 
books and  "a great and tragic love story", so she has no 
problems with making an unsavory character  sympathetic.

http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2000/0500-heraldsun-te
mpleton.html
 
She also stresses that Lupin has flaws and is damaged.

http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2002/1102-fraser-scots
man.html

> Professor Lupin, who appears in the third book, is one of my 
favourite characters. He's a damaged person, literally and 
metaphorically. I think it's important for children to know that 
adults, too, have their problems, that they struggle. His being a 
werewolf is a metaphor for people's reactions to illness and 
disability<

She agrees that sometimes we need to  be suspicious of helpful 
people

http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2000/1000-cbc-rogers.ht
m

>Lauren: In all your books, the continuing theme is that people 
are not what they appear to be. Sometimes they seem 
dangerous, and are good. Sometimes helpful people are bad. It 
looks like Harry is being taught to overlook first impressions and 
to be suspicious of people. Do you think that's something kids 
need to learn more than other generations?


Rowling: You're right, this is a recurring theme in the books. 
People are endlessly surprising. It's a very jaded person who 
thinks they've seen every possible nuance of human nature. <

The latest web site update, which makes it clear that the 
Lestranges were *sent* after the Longbottoms, gives a nice 
boost to ESE!Lupin theory. Presumably, Voldemort's second in 
command did the sending. It can't have been Peter, because he 
was already presumed dead. It's unlikely to have been Lucius, 
because  Voldemort criticizes him for not trying to find him. Of 
course Voldie could have been lying, but why?


Pippin