Loony Loopy Lupin (Re: Sirius Black)

[Stephanie Roark Keener]

No: HPFGUIDX 24386

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Lisa-Ann Cooner" <kira at k...> wrote:
> .....was so far deep into the need to kill Peter that he did not 
realize what he was doing to Harry but he did stop himself from 
hurting him....

<Snipped lots of good stuff about Sirius's rage in the Shack>

(Hey all! It's me -- look at these new people!  ANd I've only been 
off for a few weeks)

Personally, I can completely understand Sirius's reactions.  I think 
he says, after Hermione asked him how he escaped, that he's been 
brooding on Peter these long years and THAT'S what helped him keep 
his powers -- it wasn't a pleasent thought and so the Dementors 
couldn't suck it out of him.  Maybe he had his sanity, but, thinking 
about revenge all that time gives you a slightly one track mind.

It's Lupin's unhingedness in the Shierking Shack that always shocks 
me.  He gets a little snippy, you know, with the kids, and THEN, he's 
ready to roll up his sleaves and murder Peter too.  Granted, he's 
under a LOT of stress, finding out Peter is alive, the possibility 
that Sirius is innocent, he's worried about Harry.  Plus, it's the 
full moon that night, stress likely isn't good for his condition.  
But, you would think that calm, loving Lupin would stop and 
think, "Hang on, if we turn Peter in, Sirius is free..."  Insted, 
he's ready to commit murder (not that I'm defending the Rat, you 
understand), but turning him in is the smart thing to do.  Maybe he's 
not thinking too clear either, it being his time of the month and all.

Stephanie