>I thought when Remus Lupin showed up at Grimmauld Place that
>he was an imposter or under an Imperio Curse because his
>behavior seemed uncharacteristic for him to me. Why would be
>say that he'd be willing to finish Dumbledore's missions to
>destroy the Horcruxes? He had a wife and unborn kid to look
>after at home. But I did get a shotgun wedding feel from his
>marriage to Tonks. It was so...quick?

I agree, but it was pretty well explained by the fact that he felt guilty about Tonks getting shunned like he was. He was doing the "woe is me" self guilt trip thing. Which is pretty unusual for Lupin. It made sense for where he was emotionally.

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>What really happened to Ariana Dumbledore? One theory I heard
>was that she was raped and that's why she wouldn't or couldn't
>control her magic.

She got the shit beat out of her for being "different" and acting funny. Did she really have to get raped?

>Speaking of sex, I thought that was what Ginny was going to
>give Harry for his birthday, I was like :./ This is a kid's
>book. Also, I wondered if Voldemort and Bellatrix ever did it
>because she was really obsessed with him.

I REALLY thought Ginny might give it up. I think that's what she was trying to imply to her older readers. There was more sexual innuendo in this one than the other 6 combined. And I'm not talking about wand sizes.

>I felt sorry for Snape. His worst memory from Book 6 wasn't
>about James Potter bullying him, but that he called Lily a
>Mudblood and she never trusted him again.

As bshelly said earlier, almost every guy can remember a moment like that. I have one really good one that will always be fresh in my mind. I didn't want to marry the girl, but I felt like an idiot anyway.

>I wanted Draco. Okay, well, maybe not die since he was an
>innocent kid, but at least maimed or horribly scarred. Y'know
>something to remind him of this ordeal.

I don't know. I think Draco looking like a scared jackass and then getting punched in the face by Ron while they were under the Cloak was good enough. I hope in the movie he has a bloody fuckin mouth.

>Also, I liked the continuing theme of abandoned boys, whether
>emotionally or physically, such as Neville, Harry, Albus,
>Severus or Tom Riddle.

Yeah it sort of makes you wonder about her childhood. Or maybe the childhood of any close friends of hers. It's an exceptionally strong theme throughout the books.