when i was a kid and i read the books for the first time, i thought the reason why remus’ clothes were all patched together was because he ripped them off when he transformed, and so 10y/o me read this display of misery and unfair result of discrimination as:

“haha what a silly guy 😀 you can just take your clothes off before you change, or wear a really ugly pyjama you won’t regret 😀 how did you not think of it?”