Harry's very sudden and very deep attachment to Sirius is startling at this point. I've never gotten why he switched so completely so soon. I would think he'd at least be wary of Sirius, and that the stronger attachment might be to Remus. But JKR makes it a point to draw Remus as a detached figure in Harry's life (by always referring to him as Lupin, or as Professor Lupin, as you point out), and Sirius as a father-like figure. Perhaps she was planning his death sooner than we'd all imagined.
Remus's transformation bugs me more than I can possibly express. It's like when vampires eat food on Buffy the Vampire Slayer or when they walk in sunlight in Blade. ILLOGICAL. Sigh.
But, that said, I do think you're right about Peter. This chapter, in fact, may just show his greatest cunning yet. His escape is damned near flawless, and granted there are circumstances that allow it to be so, but Peter is fully aware of them, and the others are not.
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Date: 2004-05-24 11:57 pm (UTC)Remus's transformation bugs me more than I can possibly express. It's like when vampires eat food on Buffy the Vampire Slayer or when they walk in sunlight in Blade. ILLOGICAL. Sigh.
But, that said, I do think you're right about Peter. This chapter, in fact, may just show his greatest cunning yet. His escape is damned near flawless, and granted there are circumstances that allow it to be so, but Peter is fully aware of them, and the others are not.