contexts in which jkr introduces her readers to remus:
book 3: in his first scene he conjures a patronus and passes around chocolate
book 3: in his second scene he teaches them all a spell focused in overcoming fears with laughter
book 5: in his first scene he rescues harry from an abusive household, and smiles widely at harry while he does it
book 6: in his first scene he is handed a large slice of cake
book 6: in his second scene everyone is sitting around a fire at christmas drinking eggnog
book 7: when he rolls up to The Squad in grimmauld place he passes around butterbeers and hermione lights a fire in the fireplace
rowling does this thing where even if remus is having The Literal Worst Time he is almost always introduced in the context of warmth and light and comfort, which he more often than not is directly providing to others
“Joly was the ‘malade imaginaire’ junior. What he had won in medicine was to be more of an invalid than a doctor. At three and twenty he thought himself a valetudinarian, and passed his life in inspecting his tongue in the mirror.”
star wars suggestion: literally nothing bad has ever happened to obi wan kenobi. he lives somewhere peaceful and quiet and he is surrounded by his friends who love him and would never betray him. he is happy