Brillant stuff Meicha. Thankyou.

I've gotta go check out this 'Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter' site, it sounds right up my alley. Ta again!

I really like the theory about Lupin being a teacher before. I never pondered the fact that the 'Prof. Remus J. Lupin' was peeling. Maybe he was like an itinerent teacher or tutor..?? Maybe he'll come back to the DADA good at Hoggers.

I'd never thought about the years between Hogwarts and now. What was Lupin doing and how did he handle his werewolfiness??? You're right, the chances are that he has killed.

The fact that Harry has not asked these kinda questions AGAIN! shows that harry is pretty self-consumed - he's never even asked about his parents!! I'm with Phineas Nigellus "Never try to understand the students. They hate it. They'd much rather be misunderstood, wallow in self-pity, stew in their own-"

I really like Lupin too but I'm haunted by the line in PoA that Sirius thought Lupin was the traitor in their midst. I know it turned out to be Pettigrew but I still reckon Lupin's hiding something. I think that he loved Lily and I think that he might have passed on some info. to the Deatheaters as some kinda payback for Lily choosing James...??? Maybe Lupin was the eavesdropper at the Hog's Head...???

Does anyone else remember a line in OotP about Dumb., Snape and Lupin being accomplished at Occulency and Legimency? I need to find it.