[HPforGrownups] Re: Lupin is James

[Chelsea2162 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 48838

The only problem with the James/Lupin switch theory, (as you were saying that 
perhaps James goes off during the full moon to make the it seem as though he 
were a werewolf, or that he can transform at will) is that during PoA, when 
Harry and Co. are leaving the Whomping Willow, and making their way towards 
the castle, Lupin begins to transform.

Here's the scene:

PoA p. 380: 

       >>>>>"One wrong move, Peter," said Lupin threateningly ahead. His wand 
was still pointed sideways at Pettigrew's chest.

       Silently they tramped through the grounds, the castle lights growing 
slowly larger. Snape was still drifting weirdly ahead of Black, his chin 
bumping on his chest. And then -

       A cloud shifted. There were suddenly dim shadows on the ground. Their 
party was bathed in moonlight. 

       Snape collided with Lupin, Pettigrew, and Ron, who had stopped 
abruptly. Black froze. He flung one arm out to make Harry and Hermione stop. 

       Harry could see Lupin's silhouette. He had gone rigid. Then his limbs 
began to shake.

       "Oh my-" Hermione gasped. "He didn't take his potion tonight! He's not 
safe!"
       "Run," Black whispered. "Run. Now."

       But Harry couldn't run Ron was chained to Pettigrew and Lupin. He 
leapt forward but Black caught him around the chest and threw him back.

       "Leave it to me - RUN!"

       There was a terrible snarling noice. Lupin's head was lengthening. So 
was his body. His shoulders were hunching. Hair was sprouting visibly on his 
face and hands, which were curling into clawed paws. Crookshank's hair was on 
end again; he was backing away -

       As the werewolf reared, snapping its long jaws, Sirius disappeared 
from Harry's side. He had transformed. The enormous, bearlike dog bounded 
forward. As the werewolf wrenched itself free of the manacle binding it, the 
dog seized it around the neck and pulled it backward, away from Ron and 
Pettigrew. They were locked jaw to jawm claws ripping at each other -" <<<<<

Now, I'm not saying thatthe entire theory is wrong, because it is plausible, 
but the part about James not carrying over Lupin's werewolf...ism (?) 
couldn't be true. In that scene, Lupin, or whoever it truly is, was 
transforming into a full-fledged werewolf, and Sirius knew how terribly 
dangerous it was, and was dragging him away from the others. If Lupin had 
truly been harmless (even if Sirius didn't know that) he would have ran off 
into the woods, without clawing and fighting with Siruis. By then everyone 
there knew of Sirius' innocence (with the stubborn exception of Snape), and 
if Lupin/Whoever had retreated quietly and swiftly, then Sirius would never 
have had to really fight with him, and Lupin would never have retaliated. 
Afterwards, Harry and Co. hear Sirius' whimpering, and they see that he was 
scratched and cut.

Just my two k'nuts.

-Chelsea


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