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Why wasn't Remus informed that the Secret Keeper had been changed?
This is discussed by Remus and Sirius when Peter begged them not to kill him in the Shrieking Shack at the end of Prisoner of Azkaban. The reason was that they didn't know who the spy was and Remus ...
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Why didn't Harry notice Lupin in the scrapbook?
He didn't pay much attention to the other people in the photographs
The entire point of the photo album was so that Harry would have photos of his parents. While some of those photographs would ...
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Is Remus Lupin suffering from depression?
According to the ICD-10, Lupin can be clinically diagnosed with severe depressive disorder
I'm going to approach this the way that a mental health professional would if Lupin were to walk into a ...
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Why would Lupin kill Pettigrew?
If they killed Peter Pettigrew, they could simply claim that he died in the course of his capture. They don't need him to be alive to prove that Sirius was innocent; they just need his body.
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Is there any indication in the books that Lupin was in love with Tonks?
There is one rather pointed clue in Half-Blood Prince, when Lupin visits the Weasleys for Christmas.
Meanwhile, Remus Lupin, who was thinner and more ragged-looking than ever, was sitting beside ...
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Why Did Lupin and Snape never spot Sirius in animal form during Prisoner of Azkaban?
There's probably a whole host of reasons:
Harry is a particularly curious and observant student
At this point he had already managed to retrieve the Philosopher's stone and get into the Chamber of ...
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If Wolfsbane is to be taken a week in advance, why does it matter that Lupin hadn't taken it on the night of the full moon?
The first quote you cite is a bit vague. At face value it could seem to mean that the potion need only been taken once during the week in order for it to be effective. However, it could be that the ...
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Why did Lupin make Harry practice his Patronus on a Boggart/Dementor?
This is addressed in the source novel. Harry wants his army to practice on a Boggart, but he doesn't have ready access to one. He feels that producing a Patronus in a well-lit classroom isn't nearly ...
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What was the moon phase on the train's ride to Hogwarts in Harry's third year?
TL; DR It was a full moon IRL, but not in the Potterverse.
The Hogwarts Express leaves London on the 1st of September every year. In 1993 -Harry's third year at Hogwarts- it was a full moon IRL, as ...
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Is Remus Lupin suffering from depression?
Absolutely...
Remus was bitten at age 5 and due to the views of magical community on werewolves, the Lupin family was constantly moving and Remus had no real chance to make friends.
Remus was not ...
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Wasn't it actually Snape disguised as Lupin who met Harry, Hermione, and Ron in 12 Grimmauld Place?
Almost certainly not. Lupin informs Harry and company that Tonks is pregnant. How could Snape possibly know that? He also speaks about the matter with genuine torment about what he may have inflicted ...
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Why Did Lupin and Snape never spot Sirius in animal form during Prisoner of Azkaban?
You use the beginning of this quote in your question:
Harry saw something that distracted him completely , the silhouette of
an enormous shaggy black dog, clearly imprinted against the sky,
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Why did Lupin make Harry practice his Patronus on a Boggart/Dementor?
Harry wanted lessons on dealing with Dementors.
Harry specifically wanted to learn how to cope with the Dementors’ effect on him, since Dementors were assigned to guard Hogwarts after Sirius Black ...
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Where was Lupin during Harry's first two years at Hogwarts?
He was a werewolf, and therefore an outcast. Note that in the world of Harry Potter, werewolves are not harmless creatures, and they can't even control themselves during full moon. Going by Remus ...
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If a werewolf would become an Animagus, would he still transfrom by the full moon?
Lupin's werewolf transformations would have interfered with him becoming an Animagus.
Becoming an Animagi is a long process which requires things to be done on a daily basis, including nights of a ...
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Wasn't it actually Snape disguised as Lupin who met Harry, Hermione, and Ron in 12 Grimmauld Place?
It was Lupin, because during a episode of Potterwatch Lupin praises Harry for his decision making.
Firstly Romulus is actually Lupin
“Excellently put, Royal, and you’ve got my vote for Minister ...
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Is there any indication in the books that Lupin was in love with Tonks?
Intended as a supplementary answer, as the question specifies in the books but this writing from JK Rowling from Pottermore makes the matter very clear.
"Remus, so often melancholy and lonely, was ...
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Why was Lupin angry that Harry did not hand in the Marauder's Map?
The equivalent scene in the book is as follows, and sheds a bit more light on Lupin's thinking.
"I don't
want to know how it fell into your possession. I am, however,
astounded that you didn't ...
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Why wasn't Remus informed that the Secret Keeper had been changed?
At the time Sirius was supposed to become secret keeper, he persuaded them at the last minute to change to Peter.
He was pointing at Black, who shook his head slowly; the
sunken eyes were ...
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What reason did Harry have to befriend Professor Lupin knowing his condition?
I think the question is rather, "Why wouldn't they be friends given all that they have in common?". There are plenty of factors that contributed to their friendship. I've tried to answer this fairly ...
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If Wolfsbane is to be taken a week in advance, why does it matter that Lupin hadn't taken it on the night of the full moon?
The week includes the first full moon day.
To transform safely, Lupin has to take the Wolfsbane Potion every day in the week preceding the full moon. Presumably if he misses a day of taking the ...
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How did Sirius and Lupin intend to kill Peter?
There are other magical means of killing. The Transmogrifian Torture, for example, is one. The reason that Avada Kedavra earns a life sentence in Azkaban is because it reliably (except in the case of ...
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Why Did Lupin and Snape never spot Sirius in animal form during Prisoner of Azkaban?
Snape did not know of Sirius's animagus form
In Goblet of Fire Chapter 36 we have the following:
Dumbledore made sure that the door was closed, and that Madam
Pomfrey’s footsteps had died away, ...
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How did Lupin ensure he was safe for people?
There's nothing I can find explaining what Lupin did exactly during his transformations, but we can infer he most likely would disappear, take himself off to a remote location, and transform into a ...
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How did Lupin ensure he was safe for people?
Presumably, Lupin locked himself up securely.
Since 1637, the Ministry of Magic protocol for a werewolf to avoid harming humans was to have them lock themselves up securely every month.
The Ministry ...
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What would happen if a werewolf or animagus turned into a ghost?
In Harry Potter (and most other stories involving ghosts) the ghosts are only a pale imprint of the person at the moment they died.
They never change at all in any of the books: the bloody baron ...
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Why would Lupin kill Pettigrew?
Lupin and Sirius were after justice and revenge. Neither of them had anything to lose and even if they had, they couldn't see past their hatred for Peter's betrayal of their best friend, to consider ...
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If a werewolf would become an Animagus, would he still transfrom by the full moon?
If Lupin had become an Animagus, he would still have transformed by the full moon. Recall that Hermione recites the book, saying that a werewolf has no control over his transformations, meaning that ...
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