Assumption that Lupin was the spy (was Re: Wizard existance to Muggle governement?)

Zarleycat at aol.com Zarleycat at aol.com
Sat Apr 14 15:31:02 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 16728

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Natalie" <natabat at c...> wrote:
> mulligag at t... wrote:
> <snip>
> > Oh, and could someone point me to the posts where it was 
discussed why
> Sirius thought
> > Remus was the spy?  I'd really like to see other people's ideas 
on that.
 
I've read the responses to the spy question and have no issues with 
any of them. Everyone, including Dumbledore, had a blind spot with 
regards to Peter, no doubt because he was the least skilled of the 
four Maurauders.

What interests me about the whole Remus/Sirius relationship at this 
point is how they will interact once they are face-to-face again.  I 
think that this whole mistrust issue is a giant stumbling block in a 
friendship, especially where the deaths of other mutual friends are 
involved.  I don't think the quick "Forgive me for thinking you were 
a spy" part of the scene in the Shrieking Shack covers it. 

 I think these guys have issues that must be dealt with.  If I were 
Remus, I'd want to know why I was suspected - something I did or 
didn't do?  Latent anti-werewolf prejudice?  I'd want to know what my 
friend had been thinking.  And, if I were Sirius, I'd want to know 
why my friend thought I betrayed my very best friend.  I would 
understand (I think) that the evidence against me looked convincing, 
but I would want to know why my friend didn't think there was some 
possible way the evidence was wrong.  I'd want to know why my friend 
thought I was capable of murder.

I'd like to see a discussion between these two covering all this.  It 
would give us more insights into their characters. And it would touch 
on a number of the books' themes: friendship, trust, making choices 
and dealing with the results of those choices.  

Marianne 





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