New Backstory on Pottermore Makes Lupin Fans Weep with Joy

[rattlesnakeroot]

Warning: I'm not a Lupin Fan and I don't mean to bother all the Lupin fans out there with my snark. If you are feeling all warm and fuzzy about Lupin, please don't read this, thanks

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[wobblerlorri]

No matter how hard she tries to spin it, Lupin & Co. were douches, and Severus was the hero of the entire piece.

(And "Moondance" is by Van Morrison, not Cat Stevens. That was "Moonshadow".)

[snapes_witch]

Not only is Snape the hero, if it hadn't been for Snape there would be NO story.

[wobblerlorri]

Exactly. If she hated Snape so much, why the heck did she center the entire book around him?

That's why I won't read anything else she writes -- until she gives Severus the love he deserves and that she wrote for him, I have no respect for her.

[rattlesnakeroot]

Even after this voluminous amount of material she's written about Lupin, he still doesn't come across as a noble guy, Order of Merlin or not! She's just apologizing for all his flaws, and once again holding Snape to a higher set of moral values since apparently he was supposed to keep Lupin's secret no matter how irresponsible and dishonest Lupin was.

Looked at another way, Snape overcame his dislike and worked with Lupin in the Order. And in that context, the Christmas scene with Lupin in HBP makes sense because he is the one feeling remorse for the way he treated Snape when they were children. But this piece on Pottermore doesn't give that impression, but merely glosses over the worst things Lupin did. Is it still supposed to be funny that Lupin was the first to insult Snape with the Marauders Map?

Wobblerlori: Thanks about the song - just had a mind-blip on that.

[kamion]

reading the Pottermore info it strikes me that had Lupin not been a werewolf he might have been the most boring character from the whole story.
he is a capable teacher, but only excells because the rest of the teachers of his subject were so dreadfull

[rattlesnakeroot]

had Lupin not been a werewolf he might have been the most boring character from the whole story.

LOL!