it’s kinda lame that when the still-young Sirius, the only other non-evil Marauder who made it out of his twenties and the guy Lupin lived with died, Lupin’s instantly ‘He’s gone, move the fuck on!’ and now his ex-employer and high school principal dies at what, 300, and he’s practically weeping.
It'd be interesting if by the time of OotP, Lupin had got over his rose-tinted memories of their schooldays and realized that now they're both grown up, he actually didn't like Sirius very much. But, yeah, it's strange how the characters have to grieve in exact proportion to the dead person's plot importance. Sirius should still have meant more to Lupin personally than Dumbledore did. (Not to mention that it's hardly a good sign for the R/T to have her whining about their relaaaayshunship when his whole world just came to an end omg!)
(Maybe Lupin’s thinking ‘Oh, no, our leader, the war effort!’, being a male and thus Considering the Bigger Picture.)
Yep, that sounds plausible. And really, he's got a point. Without DD or Snape they're pretty much screwed. Lamest ever deathmatch: the Keystone Eaters vs. the Order of Headless Chickens! Oh well, maybe McGonagall will surprise us and turn out to be able to function independently. I'm not holding my breath, though.
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Date: 2006-10-01 12:26 pm (UTC)It'd be interesting if by the time of OotP, Lupin had got over his rose-tinted memories of their schooldays and realized that now they're both grown up, he actually didn't like Sirius very much. But, yeah, it's strange how the characters have to grieve in exact proportion to the dead person's plot importance. Sirius should still have meant more to Lupin personally than Dumbledore did. (Not to mention that it's hardly a good sign for the R/T to have her whining about their relaaaayshunship when his whole world just came to an end omg!)
(Maybe Lupin’s thinking ‘Oh, no, our leader, the war effort!’, being a male and thus Considering the Bigger Picture.)
Yep, that sounds plausible. And really, he's got a point. Without DD or Snape they're pretty much screwed. Lamest ever deathmatch: the Keystone Eaters vs. the Order of Headless Chickens! Oh well, maybe McGonagall will surprise us and turn out to be able to function independently. I'm not holding my breath, though.
-L