Remus Lupin was supposed to be on the H.I.V. metaphor. It was someone who had been infected young, who suffered stigma, who had a fear of infecting others, who was terrified he would pass on his condition to his son. And it was a way of examining prejudice, unwarranted prejudice towards a group of people. And also, examining why people might become embittered when they’re treated that unfairly.
J.K. Rowling (via halfrememberedream)
This is pretty interesting. Also considering that with Wolfsbane there was actually no risk at all he would bite people, and yet he continued to be viewed as a monster, or just as his disease. It’s awesome that Remus Lupin could have been written as someone less complex and whose only focus was being a werewolf, but that Rowling did not allow that to happen.
(vía exhale-dust)
