bugger and All things Snape

[pippin_999]

 > Pippin:
> > Nope. I didn't exclude the middle. JKR did. Apart from his passivity
> > and his furry little problem,  which in this scenario he will
> > triumphantly overcome, what blemishes does Lupin have?


Nora:
> So if Lupin improves to any degree on his passivity and society has 
> some improvements in views of werewolves, he's become perfect?


Pippin:
Of course JKR wouldn't fantasize about drooling fan girls or harems,
but she has told us that Lupin is an idealized version of the kind
of teacher she would like to be. If he overcomes his passivity,
does something heroic and  gets a teaching job again, there's   
a miraculous solution to what looks to be an  intractable social problem, 
which is another daydream of hers.  Yeah, that's little too perfect for me. 
Even if Tonks dies and Lupin is heartbroken, that's still a very Gary 
Stu scenario.

Suppose Hagrid gets his happy ending: he and Harry both survive,
Grawp vindicates both his pagetime and Hagrid's monster obsession,
and Hagrid and Maxime tie the knot. There's bittersweetness built into that.
Grawp will still be a character only a brother could love.  Marrying Maxime
will probably mean that Hagrid leaves Hogwarts and Harry, and goes to
live far away. And Hagrid will still be rough around the edges, have
a loooong way to go as  a teacher, be  inclined to fits of temper and 
a bit too free with his lips and  the occasional boozer. Giants may be
welcomed back to England, but Hagrid will be going off to France.

But where are Lupin's blemishes, when is he ever  even allowed to 
become annoying? Lupin struggles, okay, but even then  he gets pale and 
interesting, rather than drunk and irritable. 

Pippin
Rather grateful to JKR for shooting down Vampire!Snape  now so that
it will be a distant memory when ESE!Lupin is vindicated (should that
ever take place)