Replies to Lupin is an honest, nasty disloyal...

[alhewison]

No: HPFGUIDX 39434

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:
>  Let's see. A few more flamingos have flapped in, only to be 
> greeted by  an impressive array of sharp sticks. But are they 
> sharp enough?
> 
>  Maybe Sirius told James that Lupin had turned against them, 
> and that's why there were no pictures of Lupin at the wedding.

I can't actually remember Lupin not being in the photos, but if he 
isn't aren't there other possibilities: 

1) Maybe he was actually taking the photos - afterall, James' other 
best friends wouldn't have been able to provide Hagrid with any 
photos, and as yet we know nothing of any friends of Lily or any 
other friends of James.

2) maybe the wedding happened at Full Moon so Lupin couldn't go 
(granted this is a bit weak as the Potters would probably have tried 
to make sure that one of their best friends could attend)

Pippin again:

> > Yep, Lupin is extremely reluctant to touch Harry, not surprising 
> > since the last Voldemort employee who tried it got fried. Better 
> > wait till Harry is unconscious and try it then. PoA Ch. 12
> 
> Naama: 
> >>>Yeah, but come on,that was because Voldemort was 
> inhabiting his body. And Voldemort knows this. <snip> No, the 
protection is only against Voldemort, and he knows it. If Lupin is 
doing Voldemort's bidding then he would know this as well."<<<
> 
> Nope. Everybody knows that Voldemort doesn't understand this 
> mother love stuff very well. That's what the famous gleam is all 
> about. If I were Lupin it would behoove me to be cautious,  and 
> touch Harry for the first time while he was unconscious. That 
> way, if my finger blistered , I could say I burnt it on the kettle.
> 
>  But there could be other interpretations. Maybe Lupin was 
> having a Gollum moment, and felt a brief stab of pity for the 
victim who looks so much like his childhood friend. 

Err, I thought that the blistering was caused by touching Harry's 
bare skin. Unless Harry had decided to take off his clothes, wouldn't 
Lupin have been ok if he just put his hand on a robe covered 
shoulder? Equally, Lupin revives Harry after one of his dementor-
induced fainting spells: "Lupin was tapping Harry hard on the face" 
p.178 UK hardback edition. I know that Lupin could have been tapping 
Harry with his wand or even his shoe but isn't it more likely that he 
was using his bare hands?


Ali

who really doesn't want her beloved Remus to be evil, and will try to 
refute the evidence whenever she can