Ha ha! I loved this. What I found was kind of difficult in talking about this was just what you mentioned, the way our view of these creatures changes over time. There's even some modern vampire tales that make the werewolves more like a vampire in terms of being more attractive. But I to me the beast betraying the sensitive soul is much more at the heart of a werewolf. Lupin just so seems to personify that. And in his own way so does Draco. He's not the gentle, good man that Lupin is, but his being a child, one who is "pure"(blooded) etc...as awful as he is when you compare him to a transformed werewolf he's pretty puny.

I wonder if that also reflects the different ways fandom tends to view these characters. They seem to like each other and are always presented as allies but there are a lot of people, often Snape fans, who are sort of offended by the idea that Snape would be seen as anything like Draco, or liking him. Suddenly I'm picturing (perhaps unfairly) a lot of vampire fans being too cool for werewolves.;-)