I just did a post about HP characters and their pets, and I think that Ron is shown to be a great deal like Molly, especially with the twins.
I read your post, and I agree, it is like that. Interesting how Ron and Hermione seem to be subconsciously mimicking their parents' behavior, yet Harry is a "good parent" -- he doesn't treat Hedwig the way the Dursleys have treated him.
And what better symbol than the werewolf for the mostly good man who makes horrendous mistakes?
Ah, true. The Lupin-Dumbledore parallel rings true to me, particularly in the way they relate to Harry. Harry likes them and expects good things of them, and it's painful for him when they screw up -- in OotP there's the Dumbledore confrontation, echoed by the subtler confrontation of Lupin after the Pensieve scene.
it could be an honest effort at being mature. Lupin's approach, whatever else it is, is a proper adult response.
I have to disagree. The Boggart incident was mature? Calling him by his first name rather than 'Professor' is mature?
I also can't say it's an honest attempt. I think Remus is smarter than that, and understands people better. I can buy that Dumbledore doesn't know he's disrespecting Snape (or at least doesn't realize there could be consequences), but Lupin doesn't strike me as that kind of personality. On the contrary, he's *very* aware of other people's feelings, as demonstrated in the wonderfully fair and attentive way he treats his students.
It's the positive qualities I see in Lupin that prevent me from letting him off the hook for the way he deals with Snape. He understands people too well for it to be plausible that he doesn't know he's contributing to the tension.
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Date: 2004-05-07 09:50 pm (UTC)I read your post, and I agree, it is like that. Interesting how Ron and Hermione seem to be subconsciously mimicking their parents' behavior, yet Harry is a "good parent" -- he doesn't treat Hedwig the way the Dursleys have treated him.
And what better symbol than the werewolf for the mostly good man who makes horrendous mistakes?
Ah, true. The Lupin-Dumbledore parallel rings true to me, particularly in the way they relate to Harry. Harry likes them and expects good things of them, and it's painful for him when they screw up -- in OotP there's the Dumbledore confrontation, echoed by the subtler confrontation of Lupin after the Pensieve scene.
it could be an honest effort at being mature. Lupin's approach, whatever else it is, is a proper adult response.
I have to disagree. The Boggart incident was mature? Calling him by his first name rather than 'Professor' is mature?
I also can't say it's an honest attempt. I think Remus is smarter than that, and understands people better. I can buy that Dumbledore doesn't know he's disrespecting Snape (or at least doesn't realize there could be consequences), but Lupin doesn't strike me as that kind of personality. On the contrary, he's *very* aware of other people's feelings, as demonstrated in the wonderfully fair and attentive way he treats his students.
It's the positive qualities I see in Lupin that prevent me from letting him off the hook for the way he deals with Snape. He understands people too well for it to be plausible that he doesn't know he's contributing to the tension.