Lupin the Spy

[Sydney]

No: HPFGUIDX 44976

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "smellee17" <smellee17 at h...> 
wrote:
> I always wondered why the thought Remus 
> was the traitor. I wouldn't think becuase he was a werewolf, but 
I 
> can't come up with anything. Any thoughts, please? 

I always reckoned little Peter had been laying a heck a lot of 
groundwork for his betrayal.  I can well see him running back 
and forth between the marauders, dropping a hint here, an 
insinuation there, and generally making sure that when the 
crunch came there was plenty of suspicion to go around.  He 
certainly had his "How could you, Sirius" drama rehearsed and 
set up in advance.  

This brings up the question:  at what point did he cave in to 
Voldemort?  His story is that he was made secret keeper first.  
My feeling was that V. was working on him for a long time as the 
weakest link, and furthermore was counting on him to figure out 
a way to be made Secret Keeper.  Obviously this would require 
ensuring nobody really trusted anybody else;  Peter would be 
well up to outright lies in order to make sure this happened.

-- Sydney (definitely NOT a SYCOPHANT)