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

[vulgarweed]

No: HPFGUIDX 35109

Mahoney wrote:
> 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.

True enough, but I also think that Black was at the time a deeply 
shaken man who at that point was capable of believing anything about 
nearly anyone. All the pointers in the text to the horrible paranoia 
of wartime....really, just about *anyone* could Crack given the right 
pressures, and Black is more aware of this than anyone. Maybe he had 
crazy moments of suspecting everyone he knew--I'd be willing to 
believe that.
> 
> 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.
> 
Absolutely agreed. But what if the line between 'good guy' and 'bad 
guy' or at least "gray guy" in the Potterverse isn't a line at all 
but a continuum: a simple measure of how much pressure someone can 
take before Cracking?

AV
(who likes 'em with a lot of Edge)