[HPforGrownups] Was Lupin there when Lily died?

[Loony Loopy]

No: HPFGUIDX 45852

Eloise wrote:
> . . . we're told that it was Sirius and
> James who were the inseparable ones.
> In the overheard conversation in the
> Three Broomsticks, Lupin never gets a
> mention.

Also Eloise:
> And I hate to say it, <ducking brickbats> but
> [Lupin] could almost just have been 
> an *excuse* for the others to work on the
> dangerous and exciting project of 
> becoming Animagi and of going off on their
> monthly adventures. Or he could have 
> interpreted it that way, depending how
> secure he felt in his friendships.

Lupin never gets a mention in the conversation
for several reasons.  One, the topic of
conversation was Sirius Black, his escape from
Azkaban, and what he did to land in Azkaban in
the first place. Second, professional courtesy:
the adults were in a public place with students
milling around.

Furthermore, I believe that Lupin tried hard to
avoid notice while he was a student at Hogwarts
because of his secret. For this, and maybe out of
natural modesty, he didn't become a ringleader or
attention-getter like James and Sirius. So it
stands to reason that Lupin would not be
mentioned some 15 years after James's & Lily's
deaths.

I'll agree that many teenage students,
particularly mischievous ones, would find the
prospects of becoming Animagi tempting. They
don't need an excuse like Lupin to try to become
Animagi. However, the transformation can be
dangerous and it took the two cleverest students,
both exceptionally bright, three years to do it.
For these reasons, I believe that WPP (of MWPP)
had a strong reason (i.e., Lupin) to become
Animagi; and that Lupin was not a periphery
figure.

Loony Loopy


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