Remus, huh. Well, I suppose that a lot of the fic out there that makes him interesting is Remus/Sirius, which I don't read because it's depressing and gloomy *always* but which you could find loadsa recs for in musesfool's LJ or the usual haunts.
I think Remus is most interesting when you look at his mildness, his difference to James and Sirius in the Marauder days, and think about him that way...
I mean... werewolf. Infected with hideous anti-social, life-destroying disease at young age. Battered monthly. Quiet - but what kind of quiet? If people write Snape stories, Lupin is either weakly complicit in the bullying, or quietly but ineffectually opposed. I think there's a case for a very cool character to grow from that boy, especially after the events around the death of James and Lily. Remus is either a weak man who didn't try to stop bullying and who believed his best friend could murder his other best friend, or he's a strong but silent victim of a huge societal system designed to batter him down.
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I think Remus is most interesting when you look at his mildness, his difference to James and Sirius in the Marauder days, and think about him that way...
I mean... werewolf. Infected with hideous anti-social, life-destroying disease at young age. Battered monthly. Quiet - but what kind of quiet? If people write Snape stories, Lupin is either weakly complicit in the bullying, or quietly but ineffectually opposed. I think there's a case for a very cool character to grow from that boy, especially after the events around the death of James and Lily. Remus is either a weak man who didn't try to stop bullying and who believed his best friend could murder his other best friend, or he's a strong but silent victim of a huge societal system designed to batter him down.