Sleepy Lupin/ Sneakoscope

[lucky_kari]

No: HPFGUIDX 33976

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., hapaloca at a... wrote:

> 
> I'm surprised by the number of people on these lists who are 
Lupin "fans", because the Sneakoscope episode made me suspicious of 
him the first time I read PoA. After re-reading the chapter, it seems 
Lupin would the most logical "sneak".  I know there is a question of 
the Sneakoscope's reliability, but the timing might be 
foreshadowing.  I just wonder if the Sneakoscope going off was more 
of a clue of where Lupin's character is headed, since I believe JKR 
was quoted somewhere saying that Lupin will be in the 5th book.  
> 

The #1 rule of HP, sneakoscopes NEVER malfunction. They also fulfill 
a sort of "Cassandra" role in the HP world. No-one ever pays 
attention to them. 

However, the reader was SUPPOSED to believe that it was Lupin's 
presence that set off the sneakoscope. There are many things through 
the book to make one suspicious of Lupin. Was I the only one to think 
he was Sirius Black? The whole thing about "How can Black get into 
the building?" , "I knew your father, Harry", "Does anyone deserve 
the dementor's kiss?" lead me to that conclusion. And, so of course, 
I decided that Sirius Black wasn't as bad as he was made out to be, 
which turned out be true, even though Black ended up as a different 
man.

As for the sneakoscope, do you remember who else was in the 
compartment? A certain rat, IIRC.

Eileen