Support Your Local Werewolf (somewhat lengthy)

[aldrea279]

No: HPFGUIDX 39666

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., sariadotia at a... wrote:
> One reason I would suspect Lupin as being somewhat-evil...
> During the Conversation in the shrieking shack, between Lupin and 
Sirius, 
> Lupin, says that he was not told about the switch to Peter as the 
secret 
> keeper, because Sirius suspected Lupin as being in alliance with 
Voldemort.  
> That doesn't really make sense.  Why would Sirius and James suspect 
Lupin 
> over Peter?  Lupin must have done something to make them 
suspicious.  

Yes, but Lupin also suspected Sirius, didn't he?  *runs off to get 
PoA*

* "Remus!" Pettigrew squeaked, turning to Lupin instead, writhing 
imploringly in front of him.  "You don't believe this...wouldn't 
Sirius have told you they'd changed the plan?"

"Not if he thought I was the spy, Peter" said Lupin. "I assume that's 
why you didn't tell me, Sirius?" he said casually over Pettigrew's 
head.

"Forgive me, Remus," said Black.

"Not at all, Padfoot, old friend," said Lupin[.] *

Yep.  I know there have been mentions in the book that Dumbledore 
knew that someone was passing Voldemort information about the 
Potters.  This probably created some suspicions as to who it was. 
Sirius thought it was Lupin, Lupin thought it was Sirius, and all 
along it was Pettigrew.  I don't know if James suspected Lupin, we 
have no canon to support that.  But based on the LoneProtector!Sirius 
theories I've read, I'd go with that and say that Sirius took the 
secret-keeping matter into his own hands.  Times were rough, and 
we've also heard mentioned that it was hard to know who to trust back 
then.  I think Sirius might have let his suspicions get to him, and 
so he was going to take Secret-keeping onto himself, since he knew he 
was trustworthy- but then I guess he got what he thought was 
a "better" idea.

> Everyone always said how week Peter was, and how he hung around his 
powerful, 
> protector like friends.  So then why would they suspect Lupin and 
not Peter 
> ... and I highly doubt it was because of his werewolf secret ... 
they weren't 
> really the type to believe common bigotry, it didn't stop them from 
becoming 
> friends with Lupin.  If you ask me, he must have done something odd 
which 
> tipped James and Sirius off....


Again- no canon to support that James suspected Lupin, is there?  And 
Peter...well, I'm thinking they pitied him.  And Sirius only said 
that stuff about him liking his big tough friends AFTER he knew what 
Peter was.  Before then, I'm thinking he thought of Peter as a friend-
 he was, after all, one of the Marauders. 

~Aldrea