Revisiting the Boggart Lesson

[sunnyskywalker]

When I was a kid, I didn’t think too hard about Lupin’s boggart lesson. It was a cool creature, a DADA teacher finally taught them something useful, and we got a clue to Lupin’s fears and a segue into Lupin teaching Harry the Patronus Charm. Neat, right?

But now I’ve tried imagining myself as one of the students in that lesson. And as Lupin, for that matter. What the hell was Lupin thinking by making the students face the boggart in front of the entire class?( Read more... )