(Note: This definition is mainly about the Marauder's Era Remus, not the modern day Harry Potter Remus. Most of this information was provided by Jo Rowling herself through interviews and transcripts.)
Remus Lupin was born on March 10th, 1959. Lupin was bitten by the vicious werewolf Fenrir Greyback as a young child (some believe his age to have been around 6), thus becoming a werewolf himself. His parents tried everything but there was no cure. He and his parents were justifiably afraid he would not be able to attend school, but headmaster Albus Dumbledore allowed him to enroll at Hogwarts - as long as certain measures were taken. A house was built in Hogsmeade with a secret passage leading to it from under the Whomping Willow. Lupin was smuggled into this house for his monthly transformations to ensure his safety and the safety of others. The transformation from human to werewolf is difficult and painful, and when isolated from humans or the company of other animals, a werewolf will harm itself with its own teeth and claws out of frustration from not being able to attack. The villagers mistook Lupin's screaming as that of extremely violent ghosts. The house was dubbed "the Shrieking Shack" and became known as the most haunted building in Britain. Although the house was not really haunted at all, Dumbledore promoted this rumour to discourage curious villagers from exploring.
Remus kept his transformations a secret, but his friends James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew deduced the truth in their third year. By their fifth year they had learnt how to become Animagi themselves to keep him company during his transformations. (A werewolf is only a danger to humans.) He was given the nickname "Moony" by his friends because of his condition. In their sixth year, Sirius Black played a prank on Severus Snape (though Sirius Black, James Potter and Peter Pettigrew hated Snape, Lupin claimed he had no reason to hate him until the 6th book). He told Snape where Remus went every month, knowing full well that Snape could be killed if he approached Lupin in his werewolf state. Snape, being determined to get them in trouble followed Sirius' directions. James stopped Snape part way down the tunnel, saving his life, but Snape saw Remus in werewolf form and was sworn to secrecy by Dumbledore. Snape was never able to forgive Sirius (also James and Remus) for their prank and believed that James' motive in foiling the plan was nothing more than self-interest, to avoid expulsion from Hogwarts. Even though Remus did not know anything of Sirius' prank, Snape loathed and blamed him as well.
Remus was a prefect, though he had trouble exercising discipline over his friends. In an interview, J. K. Rowling linked this to Remus' desire to be liked, "because he's been disliked so often." Remus' main fault is that "he's always so pleased to have friends, so he cuts them an awful lot of slack." Sirius said Remus was the "good boy" in Order of the Phoenix, and Rowling has said he was the "mature" one. Sirius said that Lupin did not participate in his and James' bullying (of Snape, in particular), but Lupin regrets never having told them to stop. He is also noted for being one of the co-creators of the Marauder's Map, which later fell into the ownership of Harry Potter.
He was in the original Order of the Phoenix.
Remus Lupin is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series.
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AKA Moony or Professor Lupin: Hogwarts Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts.
Sexy and utterly shaggable down-on-his-luck werewolf companion of Sirius Black and James Potter. Occasional fairy-boy and all around diamond-in-the-rough Gryffindor sex-god. Also, hands off as is betrothed to aforementioned Sirius Black
"Hello, I'm Remus Lupin, the only half-decent witch or wizard willing to take the DADA position, if you'll have me"
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A Harry Potter character who teaches DADA who is a better werewolf than Jacob Black by far.
Hey there goes Remus Lupin tearing off another arm of Edward Cullen!
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Remus sanders is a character from the ongoing series "sanders sides" by Thomas sanders . Remus (aka the Duke, aka stinky trash man, aka rat king) is the personification of intrusive thoughts along with creativity. He also likes to eat deodorant and can bite through steel. He
Virgil: "did you hear? Remus sanders sat on the fridge at 3 in the morning eating a stick of deodorant just to scare Roman"
Patton: " oooh. Is that what that noise was? I thought you were just watching scary movies again"
mega remus is a phrase used when one individual is blatantly lying or talking themselves up to feel better about themselves. If another individual suspects the person lying, they shout out the phrase.
(Josh) "Yeah I reckon I could be the best in the state for legal studies if I tried"
(Jamo) " MEGA REMUS!!"
the sexiest man alive which i am very gay for
me to james- remus lupin, i mean moony, is fucking hot
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the insanely adorable, chocolate-addicted werewolf/former professor in the harry potter book series.
he's sweet and intelligent, which only add to his attractiveness. he's the 'M' in MWPP. the 'M' stands for 'Moony' because he's a werewolf...
in most fanfiction, he tends to get romantically paired with Harry's godfather, Sirius Black. this happens to be my favorite fanfiction pairing.
if you consult any fangirl about his appearance, she will tell you that he has gorgeous amber eyes and long-ish, shaggy, light-brown hair. his clothes are old and have patches on them (he doesn't have much money because nobody will hire a werewolf).
oh, and he always carries this awesome kind of magical chocolate that can cure anything from headaches to dementor attacks to erectile dysfunction! :)
i never did understand why Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and James Potter were even friends with Peter Pettigrew.
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