[the_old_crowd] Re: Finished! (Spoilers)

[elfundeb]

Pippin:
> I have to thank Jo for making Lupin a credible red herring. I
> wonder if it was Tonks and Lupin who got pulled from the epilogue
> and sent off to the NGA just to make it clear which side they were
> on? You know, there's very little of ESE!Lupin which is actually
> refuted by canon. If I hadn't sworn otherwise, I'd be tempted to
> theorize thathe got away with it. <g>

Pip!Squeak:
Lupin was such a credible red herring that there was a point in the
book (when he was suggesting he go with Harry) where I was utterly
convinced you'd got it right. He couldn't have been more shifty if he
tried.

Debbie:
Were it not for the very obvious (red, herring-shaped) ESE! arrows pointing
at Lupin's head in that scene, I would have bought ESE! Lupin hook, line and
sinker and started hunting some crow for dinner.  Had it been just a shade
less obvious, had the clues remained subtle, as his hasty departure from the
Burrow when the Ministry (?) showed up and mournful expressions when he
should have been happy with his bride, I think it would have played better.

I actually gave some thought to whether JKR was aware of ESE!Lupin when she
wrote that part.  Especially since I'm convinced that she spared Hagrid
death by spider in exchange for dispatching Lupin and Tonks to that better
place where there are no werewolves.

Hey, maybe Lupin offed his wife to save some Death Eater and then killed
himself in a sensational murder-suicide, which will be the subject of Rita
Skeeter's next expose.

Debbie
who loved the book, but cannot reread it because greedy family members will
not relinquish it long enough


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