Remus Lupin in HBP : notes

hey guys ! i am currently trying to reread the hp series, hoping to gain a better understanding of remus’ character. i started with this book bc it was physically closer to me than the other ones and i hate moving.

i will transcribe all these messy notes in a fully detailed and well explained analysis, but first i thought i would post the notes i took from the book bc they are fun and very extensive, so maybe other people can then use them for their analysis of the character ( if you do, please credit me )

warning : they are, however, not very academic. i tried not to get subjective, or at least to state the facts before to add my own reactions. also, i read the book in french so i wasn’t able to quote the book directly and also sometimes i nickname dumbledore “dumbie the meanie”

oh and also a lot of these were written late when i was half asleep so my english is probably terrible and they might not always make sense.

and finally : i swear a lot. and capitalize a lot. get ready.

– Molly mentions
that he comes to visit the Weasley household

– Hermione mentions
that he tried to make Tonks feel better about Sirius’ death (
including the fact that she didn’t manage to defeat Bellatrix
therefore stopping her from killing him ) what a sweet and gentle
bean

– first actual
apparition in chapter 6 : Harry says his clothes look even more
miserable than ever, that he seems too thin and depressed and that he
had a lot of white hair SOMEBODY HUGS THAT CHILD

– also he talks
about an ex death eater that had been killed and says « i’m
surprised he survived an entire year after leaving the death eaters ;
if i remember correctly regulus only lasted a few days » which
shows that he knows a lot more about regulus’ death than everybody
else – makes quite a lot of sense

– literally can’t
stop speaking about the war and people who died and how things aren’t
looking up for their side

– we see that a lot
of protection spells and such are against werewolves : while
most of them are scams, i wouldn’t be surprised there was a lot of
silver going around at the time, which isn’t a good sign for remus’
safety and health ( mental and physical )

– draco says fenrir
greyback is a friend of his family – was he possibly a friend of
the blacks ? I need answers

– at hogwarts, harry
says that he hoped lupin would write to him, but that he didn’t. He
seems disappointed

– he spends
christmas with the weasleys ! Why is no one talking about this
friendship

– when harry sees
him, he thinks he looks skinnier and more miserable than ever. I
guess dumbledore is too busy getting harry ready to die to buy him
some FREAKING FOOD

– also even on
christmas eve in the middle of some bloody party he stays by himself
near the fire and looks depressed, he only starts partaking in the
conversation when the war is mentionned

– says dumbie the
meanie sent him with the werewolves where he was unable to
communicate with anyone. He also says ( will have to check in the
english version ) that the werewolves are « his pears and
equals » in a probably self pitying way

– harry says he
seems bitter about having been asked to do this job. ( again, need
original text ) but he also appears to be upset to be seen as the
token werewolf here

– as soon as he
realizes he sounds bitter he tries to smile and says he isn’t
complaining and that it’s true that he should do this job and that
it is necessary blablabla much BS

– he says other
werewolves have a hard time trusting him bc he lived with wizards and
they had to steal and kill to eat ( bc… you obviously look… so
well fed… and privileged… )

– when harry asks
him who Greyback is, he visibly tenses , but when he is the one to
mention him ( talking about his mission ) he seems pretty normal

– ALSO he apparently
has to see Greyback for his mission what the fork dumbie

– says greyback
wants to create an army to overpower the wizarding world sounds
festive and also that werewolves have a right to blood and should
seek revenge on « normal people »

– seems
surprinsingly open to discussing how he got bitten ? Like harry
asks if it was when he was a kid and remus just roll on about what
happened and his feelings good for him

– for a long time he
thought the werewolf who bite him had done it by accident and felt
sorry for them and apparently learnt the truth much later HOW DID YOU
LEARN IT SOUNDS SO ANGSTY

– when harry says
remus is normal and just has a « problem » it reminds him
of james and he immediatly starts laughing his heart out this is both
nice and really sad

– then starts
sharing precious childhood memories and cheers up once again this is both
nice and sad

– after that he
jokes a bit and wow only a mention of james and his childhood made
that sad lonely man so happy i want to cry

– AND MORE AND MORE
CHILDHOOD MEMORIES ABOUT THE MARAUDERS

– talks a lot about
james but avoids mentioning sirius even when harry tries to bring him
up and doesnt even come close to talking about peter

– apparently he got
a weasley sweater for christmas this is the cutest thing ever

– remus confirms
once again that he isn’t speaking to anyone and probably avoids
human contact as much as humanly possible this boi needs a good old
therapist

– harry considers
remus a patronus expert ??? chill just bc he thaught you that
doesn’t mean he wrote his thesis on it

– but apparently he
did bc guess who knows exactly why your patronus would change ???

– gets a bit awkward
when tonks’ patronus is mentioned and is less at ease with words
than usually. Also talks very slowly ( to remember when writing
pining remus !! )

– hermione asks
about him at hogwarts after the holidays PEOPLE CARE REMUS STOPS
AVOIDING EVERYONE

– HOW COULD I FORGET
TO MENTION THAT WHEN SNAPE IS MENTIONED HE IS LIKE « YA SURE HE
RUINED MY LIFE AND THE ONE OF EVERY OTHER WEREWOLF IN THE COUNTRY BUT
I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL THAT HE MADE ME THIS POTION »

– also he says
harry’s feelings of hate towards snape come from the old predjudice
inherited from james are fucking with me 1) hate justified 2) he
literally used the m slur against lily and took part in racist
bullying becoming later a facist and 3) i dont really think james had
the time to teach harry that snape was a bad guy do you ?
#calledout

– tonks hints that
remus isn’t giving her any news about, for example, whether he’s
alive or not. Remus really ? Bad manners.

– when Harry looks
at all the detention’s files, he says Remus’ and Peter’s names
were only occasionnally associated with the ones of James and Sirius,
who were much more punished. Prank example : inflating another
student’s head

– so this is more
about greyback than remus but he talks really freely about biting
children ( which must have been joyful to hear about poor lil remus )
and other death eaters hex him ? They never hex each other ?
So they probably feel pretty entitled to hexing any werewolf that
come their way

– also something
about this attack bothers me. Dumbledore said he asked for the order
members in hogsmeade to come to defend hogwarts but why was remus
here then ? And later, when he tells about the battle, he says
he saw greyback but there is no mention of them fighting or something
yet greyback was supposed not to know remus was a spy for the order ?
What is going on here i need answers

– i think remus’
bite mark was probably somewhere on his neck bc that’s where
greyback wanted to bite harry. Does remus have to wear constant
turtlenecks to hide it ? Omg

– REALLY SNAPE ?
When they are both fighting after he killed dumbie he wants to run
off and harry calls him a coward and he answers “oh yeah well
when your dad bullied me it was always four against one so ha who’s
the coward now” like WOW i do not appreciate you and oh also i
guess possible information about the fact that the marauders acted
together against snape but it’s kind of a contradiction with
snape’s own memory where it’s only sirius and remus ? Guess
snape is just making things up

– at the school
hospital, remus has to stay with bill, who just got attacked by
greyback, and that cannot be fun

– people don’t
dare to say the word werewolf around remus for some reason

– HOW DOES REMUS
KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO BILL AFTER HIS HALF BITE WHAT DID HE
WITNESS WHILE SPYING

– when he learns
that dumbledore died, he has a complete breakdown ( well he falls to
a chair and hides his face in his hands and looks really distressed )
and harry says it’s the first time he sees remus losing control of
himself. People underestimate how loyal to dumbie the meanie remus
was

– he justified snape
for a very long time but as soon as he learns he kills dumbledore ?
He goes full ‘i hate him’ mode and says he has been a death eater
spy the whole time

– he also used to
say snape versus marauders was just old school rivalries but now he
says « um, snape hated james » so really a lot of his
attitude was really influenced by dumbledore

– as he is himself
completely devastated, he takes time to comfort everyone and says
« nah it’s not your fault » to everyone who blames
themselves

– says a death curse
nearly hit him during the battle. That is not a part of his character
analysis but damn

– he « recovers »
pretty quickly from his breakdown. Like they say his tone is harsh
but that’s all lol wish i could get over something that fast

– nah kidding he’s
probably just used to all the ‘don’t let them see, don’t let
them knoooow’

– MOVING ON TO THAT
REMUS/TONKS SCENE I DISLIKE

– as soon as tonks
opens her mouth to talk about them dating, he ‘suddenly tenses’

– OKAY WHAT THE FUCK
when remus tries to say that he doesn’t want to date tonks she
grabs him, yells+ at him and shakes him down ? WHAT THE HELL
BACK OFF

– apparently, when
having a conversation about his love life, remus loves to stare at
all this beautiful floor

– apparently remus
predicted that the board members would try and close off hogwarts

– at the funeral he
is holding tonks’ hand

Fan Favourite Fridays 08/12/17

ravenclaw-headcanons:

So today’s fan favourite friday is to determine which harry potter ship is the most popular! You can vote for as many ships as you like and I’ve tried to include all the main ones, but if you think I’m missing any just add it into the ‘other’ section! 

What are your predictions for the results? Personally I feel like romione is going to be the most popular but maybe something like drarry will surprise me. Snamione and snarry better be the least popular or I’m absolutely done 

Fan Favourite Fridays 08/12/17

okay this is a part of my notes about remus’ character all through hpb, i should be posting the final thing tonight or tomorrow

okay so you know that scene at the end when everyone kinda gangs up on remus to get him to date tonks? okay so i never really really liked it but i reread it and after remus says he doesnt want to date her bc hes a werewolf she grabs his robe and starts shaking him while yelling that she doesnt care

like WHAT THE MOTHERFUCKING FUCK ? SHE GRABS HIM AND YELLS AT HIM? ?????? THAT’S VIOLENCE

if it had been a man doing that the whole fandom would be super upset about it and call it out

and there tonks is it actually yelling and grabing him and shaking him down just bc he doesnt wanna date her? WHAT THE HELL THAT’S UNHEALTHY AS FUCK

I DONT HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY BUT IM SUPER MAD AT THIS FUCK THIS SHIT