Lupin the brave, Lupin the mentor

[corinthum]

No: HPFGUIDX 41932

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., millergal8 at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 7/30/02 1:28:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
foxmoth at q... 
> writes:
> 
> << Actually, at that point, Sirius is racing *away* from Harry and 
>  Hermione and has already entered the Willow. Unless Lupin 
>  thinks that Harry knows a way in, there's no need to rush off and 
>  rescue him. If Ron has been taken as a hostage, he's not in 
>  immediate danger either. 
> 
> Lupin doesn't give  *any*  reason for his actions. His account 
> stops short of his decision to pursue the Trio. >>
> 
> You have to admit that it is a pretty nasty little shock to look
down at the 
> map and see Sirius and Pettigrew's names listed.  I mean, Sirius is an 
> escaped convict and Pettigrew is supposed to be dead.  I think that
in this 
> circumstance, most of us wouldn' t think twice about running out to
see what 
> was up.  As to why he didn't stop to get another teacher...well, i
think he 
> much bigger things on his mind.  If it were me in his shoes, I
wouldn't stop 
> to think, "hey, maybe I should get someone to help" I think that
seeing those 
> two names would blow my mind and render me unable to think of
anything else.  

Heu Lun wrote:

> I think that when Lupin saw Pettigew on the Marauder's map, it 
> occurred to him that Black might be innocent.  That could be the 
> reason why Lupin wouldn't want to take anyone else with him to the 
> Shrieking Shack; he didn't want whomever he would have taken with him 
> to see Black and attack him before he (Lupin) had a chance to hear 
> Black explain his side.

And Christy wrote:

> You have to admit that it is a pretty nasty little shock to look
down at the 
> map and see Sirius and Pettigrew's names listed.  I mean, Sirius is an 
> escaped convict and Pettigrew is supposed to be dead.  I think that
in this 
> circumstance, most of us wouldn' t think twice about running out to
see what 
> was up.  As to why he didn't stop to get another teacher...well, i
think he 
> much bigger things on his mind.  If it were me in his shoes, I
wouldn't stop 
> to think, "hey, maybe I should get someone to help" I think that
seeing those 
> two names would blow my mind and render me unable to think of
anything else.  


Now me:

I agree with you completely, Christy.

In my mind, Lupin didn't really consider Sirius' innocence yet.  Ten
years ago, as far as he knows, his very good friend Sirius killed
three of his other good friends, James, Lily, and Peter (directly or
indirectly).  Now all of a sudden he not only sees Sirius on Hogwarts
grounds, but he also sees Peter come back from the dead.  He quite
naturally wants to know what the heck is going on, and therefore runs
to the Shrieking Shack without fully thinking his actions through.  It
isn't until he starts questioning Sirius in the Shack that it dawns on
him what may have happened.  I don't have my books on hand, but I
believe he says something along the lines of, "'How can that
be...unless, you switched, without telling me?'" as though the thought
struck him at that very moment.  So along these lines, he didn't run
to the Shrieking Shack either to protect himself or the trio or
Sirius, but simply to get some immediate answers.  

-Corinth