Would Edgy Lupin Crack? (WAS Why Suspect Lupin? )

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No: HPFGUIDX 35090

cindysphynx wrote:
> The reason I'm not sold on that part of the argument is that I 
can't 
> imagine Lupin's Edge causing any problems for Sirius.  Sirius would 
> view Lupin's Edge as evidence of Lupin's understated manner, his 
> inability to connect emotionally.  Sirius would think that Lupin 
just 
> needs a good, stiff drink and ought to loosen up and live a 
little.  
> Sirius wouldn't start to suspect Lupin, I don't think, based on 
> Lupin's Edge.  

I don't think Black would suspect Lupin based on Lupin's Edge, 
either.  I do think, though, that as Black and the other Marauders 
were Lupin's very close friends, while Harry Potter is simply a boy 
who has known Lupin as a good teacher, Black will have seen *more* 
than just the Edge that we see through Harry's interaction with 
Lupin.  What I think is that Lupin's Edge is more Lupin's Tip o' the 
Iceberg, and that it hints not at potential, but at actuality.  

So no, Black wouldn't have suspected Lupin simply because Lupin had 
an Edge.  Black would have suspected Lupin because as Lupin's close 
friend, he would have seen Lupin acting on that edge ~ saying/doing 
things that weren't entirely innocent.  Things that, during dark days 
and with a spy on the loose, could easily be construed as the 
words/actions of one who could be seduced to the Dark Side, so to 
speak.

Incidentally, I personally view Lupin as a good guy who probably 
won't crack (I say 'probably' because anything is possible).  Doesn't 
mean I find no fault in the character; and I actually like the 
character better for having a potential to be a greatly flawed being.

Mahoney