I think that the loss of it is going to really throw him into a tailspin
I'll be delighted if JKR does have Draco deal poorly with his father's incarceration and his own loss of status thereof -- it'd mean she'd actually be letting Draco *develop* as a character, instead of stagnating as a cardboard cutout.
I wouldn't call it "passive-aggressive,"
I would call it passive-aggressive. Lupin is being objectionable in a way that bothers Snape greatly, yet seems so minor from an outside point of view. He's pushing the limits in apparently 'minor' ways and that's what passive-agressives *do*.
Lupin has a really annoying habit of using people's given names, even when the person he's addressing has made it clear that they don't want Lupin to do that. Not only does he call Snape 'Severus', but in OotP he calls Tonks 'Nymphadora'; this is a breach of manners, since British social rules are that only true intimates, not mere co-workers, use given names. It's also a very subtle powerplay, as it puts Lupin in a superior position that Dumbledore occupies, of being so old/powerful that he can address everyone around him as if they were a child.
Of all the characters, I think Lupin is the one being most groomed to take over for Dumbledore after Dumbledore's undoubtedly noble demise.
I can see that, and yet I think it would be a disaster. Not only would Snape spin out of control because there is no way he'd take a subordinate position to Lupin, but Moody wouldn't respect Lupin enough, and goodness knows what the other members would react like -- if Mrs. Weasley's reaction to the werewolf in the Arthur's ward is typical, there would be a lot of unconcious resistance to Lupin in charge because of his werewolfism.
he may well feel that he at least owes civility
Except civility would be moving back to using Snape's surname once Snape didn't reciprocate with Lupin's given name. As it is, it's Remus pressing intimacy on Severus, as if they were friends, and it's creepy.
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Date: 2004-05-07 10:27 pm (UTC)I'll be delighted if JKR does have Draco deal poorly with his father's incarceration and his own loss of status thereof -- it'd mean she'd actually be letting Draco *develop* as a character, instead of stagnating as a cardboard cutout.
I wouldn't call it "passive-aggressive,"
I would call it passive-aggressive. Lupin is being objectionable in a way that bothers Snape greatly, yet seems so minor from an outside point of view. He's pushing the limits in apparently 'minor' ways and that's what passive-agressives *do*.
Lupin has a really annoying habit of using people's given names, even when the person he's addressing has made it clear that they don't want Lupin to do that. Not only does he call Snape 'Severus', but in OotP he calls Tonks 'Nymphadora'; this is a breach of manners, since British social rules are that only true intimates, not mere co-workers, use given names. It's also a very subtle powerplay, as it puts Lupin in a superior position that Dumbledore occupies, of being so old/powerful that he can address everyone around him as if they were a child.
Of all the characters, I think Lupin is the one being most groomed to take over for Dumbledore after Dumbledore's undoubtedly noble demise.
I can see that, and yet I think it would be a disaster. Not only would Snape spin out of control because there is no way he'd take a subordinate position to Lupin, but Moody wouldn't respect Lupin enough, and goodness knows what the other members would react like -- if Mrs. Weasley's reaction to the werewolf in the Arthur's ward is typical, there would be a lot of unconcious resistance to Lupin in charge because of his werewolfism.
he may well feel that he at least owes civility
Except civility would be moving back to using Snape's surname once Snape didn't reciprocate with Lupin's given name. As it is, it's Remus pressing intimacy on Severus, as if they were friends, and it's creepy.