Sometimes I cringe when I see a post with some sort of touching tribute to Remus made by some of the other characters and they almost always include a wolf, because it’s like no one remembers how much Remus hated being a werewolf, how much he hated that side of him. He even hid his corporeal Patronus because it took the form of a wolf and he was repulsed by anything wolfish – and, of course, he didn’t want people to guess the truth. And, yes, I know his nickname was Moony, but that name came from when he was messing around with the other Marauders – they could say things to each other which no one else could. And I know being a werewolf doesn’t make you a bad person, and that Hermione will have eradicated anti-werewolf legislation by now. But for Remus personally, it was a side of himself which he never came to terms with, not fully. So when I see posts with Tonks or Harry or even Remus giving someone else some sort of token with a wolf on it as a symbol for Remus, sometimes I do find that a bit wrong, a bit jarring. Because throughout his life,his secret life as a werewolf followed Remus around and he detested that part of himself. But in posts dedicated to him, it’s almost like that’s all anyone can say about him – that he was a werewolf. And I think that’s sad.
