Stuff related to the Leaky Cauldron/Mugglenet Interview

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This interview is so cool. The only thing I was hoping was that Tonks/Lupin would not come up.

And yet, JKR herself brought it up.

The way I read it, it sounds like we WERE supposed to be shocked when it came out of nowhere. Which is kind of interesting. I have no idea what that might mean, except maybe she's pleased the Sirius red herrings worked? I feel like the Remus/Sirius question might have gotten asked, but either a.) is in the final part, or (more realistically, and I hope) b.) was edited out of the interview. In a way, I'll be glad when this interview is over, because I can stop feeling like the tetherhooks are there. And in a way, I never want it to end, because the questions are so good that I'd like to keep reading more, more, MORE!

Any thoughts?

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[ignipes.livejournal.com]

I did up my odds on Remus dying in canon, however.

Me, too. *sigh* From what we learned about werewolves in HBP, a happily-ever-after for Remus is pretty difficult with the English wizarding world, and he's in a heck of a lot more danger than anybody suspected. And he really is falling apart. (Not that his bloody girlfriend seemed to notice. "Oh, his entire world has just come crashing down around him, great time to jump on him and whine about how wrong he was!")

As for his dark side -- I think it should be there, because of what happened at the end of PoA with him being ready to calmly, coldly, dispassionately kill Peter. But I wonder where it would lead?

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Heh. That's one of the biggest reasons I hated Tonks/Remus. And I've found Tonks/Remus shippers that feel the same way. I kind of feel bad for them. Tonks/Remus IS a logical ship in that they're the characters presented that go together in certain ways... to have the character you liked in OotP act SO inconsiderately towards the man she's supposedly in love with... I'd be annoyed even if I did ship R/T.

I agree it should be there- I've always thought it was. Remus is manipulative, and he's definitely able to be cold-blooded. And one of the things that ALWAYS glared out to me is Hermione getting all indignant and saying "What's she got against werewolves, anyway?" While I agree that Lupin is a good person, he's still dangerous- as he proved in PoA. I understood Sirius just sort of grinning indulgently- it fits with how I've always pictured Sirius. But I was SO glad Remus laughed at that notion in HBP. I have no idea where she's going to go with it (or if she is), but it really seems like Remus's darker side should come out in Book 7. Not that I think he's evil, but so far he's been overtly portrayed as almost saintly- you have to look twice to see the flaws.

It also makes me wonder what he did during the first war to make both James and Sirius suspect him so harshly that they'd turn to Pettigrew. I've always felt there was something there... something that REMUS did as much as Peter, but I'm wondering if we'll find out.

[ignipes.livejournal.com]

I agree it should be there- I've always thought it was. Remus is manipulative, and he's definitely able to be cold-blooded.

And he like to people who care for him, and he can be very careless, he doesn't realise that killing Peter means killing Sirius' proof of innocence, he puts other people in danger, he knows he's dangerous, he gives into a clingy and pathetic young woman simply because he feels sorry for her, he drops out of Harry's life twice (three times, if we count 1981) without so much as a letter...I love him SO much! *g*

Whatever else Jo does with her characters, you gotta give her props for writing such a realistically flawed character in Remus, even if she did do it on accident.

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Lies. I meant, "He lies to people who care for him."

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Oh yeah. Remus is a total gift, even if she doesn't quite realize it. (Obviously she doesn't realize what she created in Sirius!) He's such a bastard in a sweet sort of way. :) (Goes well with his badly behaved rabbit, er, dog.) I love Harry dearly (and was NOT disappointed much at all by Harry this round- and he is FINALLY going to go see his parents' graves...), but the minor characters are just so compelling....

[ignipes.livejournal.com]

Oh, don't even get me started on Jo's characterisation of Sirius. Every time she opens her mouth about him, I cringe. She always says, "Well, he acts like that because he's unstable and unhinged and immature." But what she's really saying is, "He's unstable and unhinged and immature because my plot wouldn't work if he had a consistent character." Kind of annoying.

I was not disappointed by Harry at all, either. He's such a cutie (well, when he's not going on about the monster in his...er...'stomach'). I actually want him to win! :)

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It is annoying. On the other hand, it's workable in fics. Of course, maybe if I wrote post-Azkaban more often, I'd find it harder...

I want Harry to win, too :) I like him- he's such a realistic, confused hero. I just don't like writing him in fanfic because I feel like he's JKR's territory. I'll need him for Secret Keepers, but other than that... and I have no complaints about how she treats Harry. (I always rather liked H/G, although I could have happily gone for Lone Hero, too. I just wish we'd seen more of their conversations!) Just her minor characters. ::mutters about the lack of McG.:: Although at least now we know McG knew Neville's grandmother quite well, which lends itself well to your older witches fic!