Lupin the Brave, Lupin in the Shrieking Shack (WASRe:Lupin the brave, Sirius...

[aldrea279]

No: HPFGUIDX 42066

Pippin, snipping a bit of cannon to talk about Sirius:
>>"Nobody but trained Hit Wizards from the Magical Law 
Enforcement Squad would have stood a chance against Black 
once he was cornered." PoA ch. 10.>>

Now, unless my memory fails me(and it has on many occasions), Fudge 
tells this to that curvy Madame Rosmerta in the Three Broomsticks.  
And I don't buy *all* of what was told there.  Peter Pettigrew got a 
Hero's Death, remember, and so it builds up his "noble" character to 
go on about how *brave* he was to face that armed and dangerous 
Sirius Black all by himself when it would have taken a whole squad to 
even stand a chance against Black.

Pippin:
>>Now, I don't think Lupin's an idiot. And he's an expert on Dark 
Magic, so he's not incompetent either. Either the situation was 
terrifying and he knew he should get help--or it wasn't terrifying, 
and no bravery was required.>>

I don't think you can cut it all as nice and clean and as simple as 
that.  I agree with the general statement that's been floating 
around:  Lupin was watching the Map, he saw the Trio enter the 
Hagrid's hut, and saw them leave with Peter Pettigrew.  He's in -
shock-.  He even says something along those lines: "I couldn't 
believe my eyes"..."I thought the map must be malfunctioning.  How 
could he be with you?"  Then, yet another devestating shock, there's 
that murderer Sirius Black!  And suddenly, he sees the little Sirius 
dot collide with...what, Ron and Peter? And drag them down into the 
Womping Willow?  Well what in the world is going on there, Sirius is 
supposed to be after Harry!  I'd say that by this time Lupin is 
wondering what in the heck is going on and rushes to the Shrieking 
Shack.  You can measure the bravery of that issue anyways you want, 
as I see it as an opinion matter.

Pippin:
>>But even Harry had the sense to 
realize that he couldn't face Snape alone at the end of PS/SS and 
sent Hermione to owl Dumbledore.>>

Or maybe it was the chance to finally bust Snape the way Snape was 
busting Harry so much?  *g*

Pippin:
>>But it didn't have to tell us that it would be foolish for
a wizard to try to capture Black on his own, or that Lupin didn't 
feel compelled to intervene *until he saw Pettigrew. *>>

Actually, as stated above, Lupin didn't rush out of office until he 
saw Black.  Hmm...well, -Black- is the one that would be putting 
Harry's life in danger, correct? You know, maybe that bravery issue 
is a little more important than I thought.. =P

Pippin:
>>It didn't 
make Lupin seem so strangely unconcerned about the Trio's 
welfare. It's Sirius who cautions Ron about his leg, and chides 
the Trio for attacking Snape.>>

And it's Lupin who starts towards Ron, "looking concerned" when Ron 
tries to painfully stand up.  And Sirius isn't too concerned about 
Ron when he lunges after Peter and -lands- on Ron's -broken- leg.  
And it's not as though Lupin had much of a chance to say anything 
when the Trio Expelliarmus'd Snape, what with being tied and gagged 
on the floor.

Pippin:
>>The first thing he does is confiscate the Trio's 
wands; an odd way of trying to protect them, it seems to me.>>

Actually, not really, considering what was going on.  Lupin probably 
planned to walk in, wand out, shouting Expelliarmus to stop any and 
all magic so as to get some answers.

Pippin:
>>Then he yells, "NO!" in All Caps, mind you, and flings 
himself bodily on Sirius, further injuring Ron. And when Ron tries 
to leave, it's Lupin who stops him, at wand point.>>

Actually, it's Sirius that lands on Ron and does him bodily harm.  
Lupin drags Sirius away from Ron.  I don't find it suspicious that 
Lupin wants to keep Peter alive.  Lupin wants some *answers* as to 
what is going.  He grew up with both of them, one he thought was a 
murderer and the other he thought was dead.  Now they're both back 
and he doesn't know what the heck is going on.  I should say he'd 
definately want to talk to both of them, alive, and figure out what's 
going on before anyone killed anyone.

~Aldrea, replying to this rather late...but still replying all the 
same. =P