my biggest pet peeve is when people write lupin as the wet blanket mom friend prefect type, like…did you read prisoner of azkaban tho??
literally shoots chewing gum up peeves’ nose 20 seconds into his first lesson ever
passive-aggressively puts snape’s boggart in drag after snape insults neville in front of his class
and THEN, gives zero fucks about snape’s increasing rage as word gets around that HE DID THAT
speaking of gives zero fucks: gives zero fucks about trelawney’s attempts to crystal gaze for him
somehow miraculously bullshits his and harry’s 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 harry’s intervention
gives harry the map back because, fuck it, he’s 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 character…he’s so much more than fandom’s portrayal of him as this mild-mannered, careful person, and i think that part of the reason he’s 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 he’s about to murder peter, because you know that each DADA professor so far has had some dark secret, and even beyond the werewolf reveal, remus’ payoff is SO good. he’s such a good character honestly
Holy shit, he is literally my favorite character in the potterverse and I could GO OFF on how much I love that he has been basically living shunned and/or undercover since he lost all his friends (because he thinks one of them straight-up murdered the others, no big deal, just casual end-of-friendgroup shit) and he STILL maintains this sense of humor and sense of self and generosity of spirit that is kind to students and giving with his time and his emotional energy and lets himself care and get attached.
I love Remus Lupin so much and if all you can think about him is “practical mom of the group,” Imma need you to sit down because I have to walk you through a whole lot of intricacies and implications of his entire character and history and it’s gonna take a while (get yourself tea and snacks, we’ll be here a while).
Starkid gets him right.
