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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