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So, I was sitting on the top floor of the double-decker bus on the way to work and reading Prisoner of Azkaban. I read this paragraph and something jumped out at me:
"It's on his case," she replied, pointing at the luggage rack over the man's head, where there was a small, battered case held together with a large quantity of neatly knotted string. The name Professor R. J. Lupin was stamped across one corner in peeling letters.
Lupin has "Professor" stamped on his luggage in letters that are peeling off. So, these are the possibilities I see:
- He taught at another school of magic previously
- He taught at a Muggle school previously
- The case used to belong to a relative, maybe his father, who had the initials RJ
- He's really lousy at name-stamping charms
Theories?
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It is possible he had a string of jobs and got run out of each one as his secret was discovered, but the question is, was he registered previously? If so, is the registry public, or only available to the govt or to potential employers? Because apparently, the general wizarding populace didn't know he was a werewolf before Snape let it 'slip', or they knew and didn't care that he was teaching their children (which I find hard to believe, given how we're told werewolves basically have no rights, and look at Ron's reaction to him in the Shrieking Shack).
So he could have gotten jobs, and then when his absences were noted, someone checked him out on the registry, or he wasn't registered until he left hogwarts, when he had to, because he was outed.
Or it's 1am and I'm talking out my hat... *g*
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The string of jobs makes sense. He could have been let go when his secret was discovered or his frequent absences around the full moon might have been a factor also.
This has got me thinking about the whole "lycanthropy as a metaphor for AIDS" thing and wondering: just how contagious is Remus, anyhow?
Can he only pass along lycanthropy if he bites someone while he's in his wolf form? Or would that work in human form as well? It would certainly make the sex precarious. *g*
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It's in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, so depending on your definition of 'canon', that may be extra-canonical information.
He could have been let go when his secret was discovered or his frequent absences around the full moon might have been a factor also.
*nod*
Personally, I tend to put him in transient Muggle jobs like bartending, waiting tables, working retail for short stints where his absences wouldn't be noticed or he could switch shifts, and still make some money to eat with.
Alternately, members of his family are still alive and just eking out an existence, and he was living with them.
Can he only pass along lycanthropy if he bites someone while he's in his wolf form? Or would that work in human form as well? It would certainly make the sex precarious
According to FB, "When there is no full moon, the werewolf is as harmless as any other human."
You know, this book it mentions, "Hairy Snout, Human Heart," was published in 1975. I wonder if Remus is living off very small royalty checks... He could have been 16-17 or so then, and published anonymously with Dumbledore's help...
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Oh, cool! As far as I'm concerned, that's canon. Now I just have to *find* my copy...
You know, this book it mentions, "Hairy Snout, Human Heart," was published in 1975. I wonder if Remus is living off very small royalty checks... He could have been 16-17 or so then, and published anonymously with Dumbledore's help...
That's a good thought. Thanks! This will help my Remus-y ponderings immensely.