Love is sweet [misery]

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Remus J. Lupin
^{Order/ Teacher/ Werewolf}

Remus has always represented the ideal qualities one would hope to find in the Professor-ly sorts. He's patient and calm, down-to-earth and kind- He genuinely cares for the well-being of his students and though it's been four years since he last set foot in a classroom, he's simply switched his focus, going from teacher to full-time order member. Remus still cares very much for his students, even if he's no longer their teacher. He extends this protective nature to almost everyone in the order. His is a personality that is just inviting. More often than not, people tend to confide in him and Remus, feeling a responsibility for those around him, does what he can to give sound advice. Though well-spoken, polite and a little reserved, Remus can be fierce when he needs to be. Despite his sickly appearance, he's an incredible duelist and has lived (and fought) in what is now being referred to as "the first war". In all honesty, Remus despises violence, but he recognizes that it's a necessity. Remus fights because he doesn't want to lose anyone else dear to him.

Friends: The thing about Remus is that he's a very private person. Because of his friendly and seemingly open nature, people don't seem to associate him with being secretive or withholding. But pay attention next time you have a conversation with him. You'll notice that he never divulges much about himself and should the topic ever turn to him, he can be evasive and downright cryptic. Remus has a hard time opening up to people. He keeps himself closed off, holding others an arm's length away.

Enemies: In theses days, who doesn't have an enemy or ten? Remus doesn't deny that there are probably a lot of people out there who want him dead. He fought in the first war, put a damper onto many plans, dueled and defeated more men than he can count- He's made himself a regular nuisance to Voldemort's side and has no plans of stopping anytime soon. Aside from Death Eaters, his lycanthropy is a source of much antagonism as well. People are suspicious these days... Werewolves weren't exactly looked upon in a favourable light before Voldemort's rise, and now that the majority have gone off the join the Death Eaters, general opinion towards his kind hasn't exactly improved.

Love: Remus has no interest in a relationship. Look... It just isn't possible for something like him. He's considered it and there was a woman or two in his past, but the transparency required in a relationship just doesn't leave room for his lycanthropy. It's a lose-lose situation. Either he forever lies to a woman, until, inevitably, they're forced to part ways, or he tells her and she takes a more direct approach and runs screaming from his presence. Even if, by some miracle, someone could look past his Lycanthropy, Remus still feels that there could be no future. That person, so amazing in their kindness, their compassion, their tolerance- They would deserve something so much better. Besides, he's not in love with Nymphadora. He has a certain fondness for her, sure. She's intelligent and vivid and funny and incredible in every way. But that's why she has to wake up and realize what she has is nothing more than a school yard crush. She deserves someone better


Current Threads

The last Enemy that shall be Destroyed (Sirius)

[SEVERUS SNAPE]

Okay... So... I have a plot for you and I thought about sending a little private PM that detailed my idea, but then I decided against it. I fell victim to too many private messages in the last Group I was in so now I'm just going to post here.

For some reason I was always under the impression from the books that Remus was like a Werewolf Spy; that he had been working inside Fenrir Greyback's pack trying to find other like-minded individuals to join the Order and whatnot. Assuming if this is agreeable to you, I had an idea where Lupin and Greyback have been battling with each other on the Full Moons, vying for the Alpha Male position. Assuming if this is agreeable to you, you could even take it one step further by saying Remus either now has complete control of Greyback's pack or has started his own.

Apparently, in the last Order meeting (we totally need to do a backlog thing of it), Remus mentioned all of this to everyone else and some other stuff happened. What do you think?

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Okay, also, on a more character level, Severus likes Remus in a way. He likes the Wolf's intelligence and the fact that Remus has been cursed by a chance of fate, but hasn't let it bother him. This is not overly apparent in Snape's interaction with Remus though; as a matter of fact, he can be quite cruel to the other man depending on his mood. I imagine that occasionally Severus may be able to brew the Wolfsbane for Lupin if he has time, but time is a hard thing for him to have. These two kind of strike me as 'frenemies' and they definitely have an increased chance of bonding (like Severus and Sirius do) because of Harry Potter's murder.

As you should know, Snape is slowly descending into madness because he can no longer function without a reason to ground him to the 'now.' Remus could also notice this (as Sirius might be able to) because of the whole Werewolf-connection thing. What do you think?

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Plot: The spywork Rem was doing was pretty much under Dumbly's order to infultrate the pack and try to convince most of the werewolves to join over. I'm not sure if he would make a direct effort to take over the pack, just because it seems insanely suicidal. On the one hand, Greyback is directly in contact with death eaters. Any change in 'management', so to speak, is probably not going to go unnoticed and he'd be inviting himself to a lot of suspicion and scrutiny. Secondly, I always got the sense that the werewolves in Greybacks pack were really at the bottom rung of society. They were people who were outcasted from normal wizarding life, and essentially descended into that wolf pack state (There's mention in hphbp that the werewolves were suspicious of Remus because he had the appearance of someone who tried to live among the wizards for a long time). Even if he did gain that top spot, I'm not sure how many of the wolves would follow him, seeing as he's essentially still new and the new course of action he would want them to take, would be directly opposite Greyback's plan (Which was establish a werewolf army and take over the wizarding world. D8 They're a bitter bunch. these werewolves).

D8 Ah... I dunno. I'd like to work something with the werewolf pack into a plot with Rem, but I don't see him vying for direct control, or anything. He's more the type to do passive spywork, using the information he has to other means. ....He might start his own pack... A sort of counter movement to Greyback's. I'm not sure, the idea is like, sitting on the direct middle line of his "I hate everything about my werewolf self" and his "I hate being hated for being a werewolf" bit. >> Out of curiosity, do we have a Fenrir? And who else on the site is a werewolf, aside from Taylor ( Already had a chat with her). It'll be something I'll work out, that's for sure 83 Sorry for getting all crazy analytical, by the way >_O

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Awwww, Seeev <3
I agree with the whole 'frenemies' thing. I think that far too much has happened in the past for them to really completely be friends, but they are working for the same side and Rem is generally someone who tries to bridge gaps. I saw the 'Undertow' thread, and Rem would probably have noticed that Sev seems to be loosing some of his marbles. This would probably sadden him and frighten him a little at the same time. On the one hand, he wants Sev to focus (who else is going to brew his wolfsbane XD I mean, Sev is important!) but on the other hand, the fact that Severus Snape is slowly loosing it, makes him afraid that he's probably not far behind either. Anything between these two is definitely going to be interesting 83. I was actually thinking of throwing Rem in with Sev and Cassie, if that's okay with you both?

[SEVERUS SNAPE]

Yeah, true...

-Nods-

I think the only way Remus would be able to take over the pack, if he was interested, would be to kill Greyback and the other Werewolves might be against him after that. Haha. Plus there's all those conflicting emotions that he has to deal with... I don't think we have a Fenrir yet or any other Werewolves aside from Lupin and Taylor.

I kind of agree with you that his position in the pack would be more on the side-lines, observing and whatnot. I'll think of something else interesting that might have happened in the last Order meeting that Snape doesn't want Kyros to know... ^^

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Well if you want to join the thread with Cassie and I then that's fine with me, but Severus will be leaving it soon due to his Dark Mark burning.

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xD You have noooo idea how conflicting. Rem's lycanthropy is a sore point. I'm pretty sure that if it wasn't so dang important, he wouldn't have gone along with the spywork. Also, being near Greyback would probably have been difficult too. He doesn't like him.
As for an interesting thing to report with the pack... Maybe something along the lines that the werewolves seem to be planning a mass infection to further push the wizarding population into submission? That seems sufficiently big enough to keep secret.

As for Sev. I guess we could think of something else. I have in my head some random moment we're the two are stuck in the same room together, because Sev is brewing Rem his wolfsbane?

[SEVERUS SNAPE]

Haha. That would be an interesting idea!

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I'm not opposed to that. I think Severus would be kind of glad to get away from his work as a master Spy and would be all too eager to brew Remus some Wolfsbane so it sounds fine to me! Do you want to do something like that between them then? And if so could you maybe start?

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Sev: Yeah, I think it's a perfect excuse. Rem has mixed feelings about Sev. I think if he can, he would avoid Sev, even if Mr. Snape doesn't seem to despise him as much as he lets on. Better to avoid that sort of conflict, you know? I think the wolfsbane is the perfect excuse. He could be trying to bug Sev about brewing him some.
So yaaay A starting point! I don't mind starting. I'll try to get something up later on in the afternoon, or tomorrow.

[SILISIA ANJA DE'ATH]

REMUS & SILISIA
Well I am not entirely sure how they would meet. I do have a thread up with Sirius, so depending on whether they tolerate each other or not, maybe she would meet him through him. Perhaps she could be quite protective over him (if/when she finds out about his lycanthropy, which may or may not happen.) Or otherwise, she'd be a little weary of him, which is slightly boring cause she's always weary and distrustful.

REMUS & TED
hmm, Ted is going to meet Sirius soon, so he may meet him? I don't know if they'd get along though. Ted is, well, strange and the happy type. (Disgusting happiness ^^) I'm not sure if they'd have an exciting plot though.

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Silisa & Rem:

Hahah, that would be a new one. Usually Remus is the one hovering over everyone else. I think it would make for an interesting change to have someone worrying over him, for once, especially since I get the sense that he hasn't had much time to think of himself lately. Considering that dealing with Sirius is a full-time job in it's own right (and that's not even taking into consideration order work), Rem has a helluva lot on his mind that he just doesn't have the opportunity to get out. I think, if you want, That Silisa could notice this on her own when she meets him? And then when she finds out about his Lycanthropy, that could just make her more protective? 83 It would be an interesting change in roles. I'm going to warn you now that Rem is going to be very very bemused by it, especially since Silisa seems pretty young. That and like I mentioned D8 He's not the type to open up very easily. It could be like...er...one of those brianiac cubes? She just has to keep trying till she gets somewhere 83

REM & TED:

83 Rem gets on with pretty much anyone. He's pretty accepting of people and their own particular quirks, so I think he and Ted would be okay. I dunno. If you want to have a third wheel, maybe Rem could tag along when Siri meets him?

[AVA ROSALIE WOOD]

EWAN -drools-

REMUS&&AVA
Hallo, Ava here! She would've had him as a teacher back at Hogwarts? And they've both in the Order now... Ava has an older-brother/father sort in Sirius... Her and Remus would deffo be on speaking terms seeing as he was her professor, yadda, yadda... Maybe she thinks of him as someone who she can sit quietly with and feel completely comfortable and at ease? Another sort of father figure? Remus and Sirius could be like her uncles!!! That would be freakin' awesomesauce. Lemme know (:

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Rem & Ava:

Rem's got a special place for his former students. I mean, he loved being back at Hogwarts, and teaching there was a dream come true. XD I'm gonna tell you now that he so doesn't approve of her being in the Order. It's that protectiveness going on. In his opinion, she's too young for it and probably doesn't really understand what's at stake. I dunno if Rem would bring that up... But it could be an interesting point to visit, if the opportunity presented itself

[AVA ROSALIE WOOD]

REMUS&&AVA
Gotta love a bit of the ol' overprotectiveness! <3 Great, it could come up and they could argue (:

[HERMIONE GRANGER]

Hermione & Remus[/i]
Well, she always did admire him after the whole 'you didnt want to kill harry or let a convicted killer try and kill him' time in their knowing of each other. But she understands the sacrifices he has made over the years and cannot bear to the think of the loneliness. It doesnt compute in her head, even though she is beginning to shut herself off from all contact herself.

She for some reason always saw Remus as more of a fathering figure than a professor however. Though she would never say it, but she would gravitate toward him in times of stress of upset simply for the comfort of being closer to someone with a paternal instinct. His lycanthropy bothers her not in the slightest, she knows well enough how difficult it is for minority groups

Minvera & Remus[/size]

Fellow order members, fellow staff members ... former student/teacher relationship. Minerva feels responsible for Remus' welfare as he was a former gryffindor of hers. She doesnt like how he constantly keeps himself from people and can see how distant he is to anyone but sirius. its obvious to HER how much he misses the days at school.

dont be surprised if she attempts to 'set him up' with 'a fine witch' any time soon


Abbigail & Remus

as much as a shock as it would be for remus to be around someone so openly uncaring about the war, it is doubtful that; unless they cross paths somewhere along the line, when she is shopping in the wizarding world or whatnot that they should ever meet. However, she would find him on the 'shy wallflower' type. Age isnt really a problem of hers, but shes more of a one night kinda girl

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Remus & Hermione:

I think Remus would definitely recognize the signs of Hermione shutting herself off. After all, he's been in that same situation. The world is in chaos, your best friend is dead, there's not a whole lot of hope in the world- Hermione's situation is really far too much like his own. Besides, Remus has seen that she's a brilliant and talented witch. For some reason, I see a conversation with these two... I'm not sure what about >> Remus feels the need to tell Hermione that she needs to keep going and that everything will be fine, even if he's not sure he fully believes that.

Minerva & Remus:
Yeah, I get the sense that Rem can't hide much from Professor McGonagall. Well... he definitely tries, that's for sure. But she was his teacher, and she's seen him wind up in trouble with James and Sirius waaaay too many times to buy his evasiveness.
xD Also, Remus does not know what to make of getting 'Set up' by his former head of house. For some reason that scenario is too bizarre to comprehend ^^ Would definitely be fun, for a lighthearted thread!

Abbigal & Remus
Wow, so far Abbigail sounds like one of the few people who might actually grate on Rem's nerves a little. Hard to tell. Anyway, Rem's not really the type for a one night fling. I think that given everything that's going on, he doesn't really have time to think about it >> I dunno.

[HERMIONE GRANGER]

Hermione & Remus

Yes, its not something she even bothers to hide. She misses Order meetings now and again, and never really ventures out of her safe house. She has several heavy wards to prevent anyone getting within half a mile of it and is alerted when even the smallest of insects crosses the barrier.

However im not sure how she would take to having someone tell her something that is to make her feel better. Right now she is simply waiting to be captured and killed. It seems to be the main thought running through her head. Morbid, but what is a girl to do with only a cat and an owl for company for months at a time, reading the same books and using as little magic as humanly possible?

Minerva & Remus

Well she wants to see him happy! can you blame her?!

and if she sets you up ... you will attend the date! There is nothing worse than being stood up!

Abbigial & Remus

honestly not the intention, but hey ho.

Shes very care free, thinking very naively that, if it happens it happens. no point spoiling those hours that she ISNT in trouble sitting and waiting for it. She's young and happy as such. All she intends to do is get her income and party! She doesnt do quiet often