As for you, I like you too much to think you really are anything like Remus :-p

Heh! Thanks! It would be very sad indeed if you began to hate me.

I was being polemic, of course, as I'm sure you realise.

I fully understand your reaction to Remus, intellectually. But my instinct prompts me to not so much justify, but to understand his actions. OK, I take my responsibilities more seriously than he does, but it is an effort sometimes, and I understand the impulse to simply ignore trouble and walk away from problems. In a way, Remus personifies the mistakes I have. Even though they are more pronounced in him than they are in me.

I am convinced he will die in any case, so you will get the chance to cheer in the corner ;-) And I shall not hate you for it.