my biggest pet peeve is when people write lupin as the wet blanket mom friend prefect type, likeā¦did you read prisoner of azkaban tho??
literally shoots chewing gum up peevesā nose 20 seconds into his first lesson ever
passive-aggressively puts snapeās boggart in drag after snape insults neville in front of his classĀ
and THEN, gives zero fucks about snapeās increasing rage as word gets around that HE DID THAT
speaking of gives zero fucks: gives zero fucks about trelawneyās attempts to crystal gaze for him
somehow miraculously bullshits his and harryās way out of repercussions after snape catches harry with the map and has every right to put harry in detention for the rest of his life (AND he keeps composure while his teenage self is savagely badmouthing snape right in front of him, no less)
is prepared to straight up murder his former best friend in cold blood in front of 3 of his students and totally would have done it if not for harryās intervention
gives harry the map back because, fuck it, heās not a teacher anymore, give em hell, kid
like i get the whole tea/sweaters/laid-back-professor aesthetic, but remus lupin is a magnificently flawed and sometimes straight up terrifying characterā¦heās so much more than fandomās portrayal of him as this mild-mannered, careful person, and i think that part of the reason heās so interesting to me is that he seems just like that at first, but you have all this dark shit lurking just beneath the surface. one of my favorite moments in the entire series is when he goes into that extremely scary place and heās about to murder peter, because you know that each DADA professor so far has had some dark secret, and even beyond the werewolf reveal, remusā payoff is SO good. heās such a good character honestly
More badass Remus, please!
Also, can we please talk about that part in book seven where Remus literallyĀ leaves his pregnant wifeĀ to go fight bad guys with the trio and only returns to her after a full-on argument during which Harry outright calls him a coward and Remus casts a spell at Harry that makes him slam into a wall?? He literally leaves his family because he is worried that his son will be like him, because he actually thinks that his son would rather have no father than a father afflicted with lycanthropy. Like, whatās so scary about Remus is not just that heās kind of a badass but also that he has all this really deep-seated self-loathing that manifests itself, again and again, as a complete inability to rely on or trust anyone or to allow anyone to rely on or trust him. He is, despite thisĀ ācalm, reasonable professorā facade he puts on, a deeply unstable and insecure man, liable to explode at any moment. Remus is an incredibly complex and flawed character, and thatās preciselyĀ why I love him.Ā
