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

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 35091

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "cindysphynx" <cindysphynx at h...> 
wrote:

> I scoured PoA, and I couldn't find any canon to refute Elkins' 
> theory.  So I must grudgingly concede that Lupin Has Edge.  
> 
> I have to draw the line, though, on the idea that Lupin's Edge is 
> part of what caused his friends not to trust him and caused 
them to  believe he was the spy.
> 
> 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.  
> 
<snip theories about Pettigrew>

> But then again, one thing a person has to have so that they 
won't 
> Crack is loyalty.  Lupin hasn't shown me a whole lot of loyalty.  
> He's only in one book, and already he has betrayed 
Dumbledore's trust 
> many times.  Every werewolf adventure was a betrayal.  Not 
ratting 
> out Sirius was a betrayal.  Giving Harry the Map was a mini-
> betrayal.  This leads me to the conclusion that Lupin is loyal, 
but 
> not blindly loyal like Hagrid.  In the end, Lupin will do what he 
> wants when he feels like it, regardless of Dumbledore's 
authority.  
> (Dang, I hope Pippin isn't listening to this.)
> 
ROTFL!  Dang, if everyone starts agreeing with me, it will take all 
the fun out of this group ;-) Supposing I am right and Lupin's 
betrayals are prompted by his unconscious resentment of 
authority.  It's possible that after Hogwarts this feeling got 
transferred to Sirius and James, whom McGonagall calls the 
ringleaders of their little gang. That might result in unreliable 
behavior. Say Lupin agrees to babysit little Harry and "forgets" to 
show up. That'd get on any parent's nerves, plus they'd be 
wondering where dear Remus *did* get to. 

In addition, if Remus was in the closet with his lycanthropy, his 
friends might have feared he could be blackmailed. Plus it is part 
of my Sirius=Wormtail theory that Pettigrew was indeed feeding 
misinformation to the Inner Circle in the hope of misleading 
Dumbledore's spies.

Pippin