[HPforGrownups] Re: Vampire Snape/Knowing Lucius was a DE/Remus as Spy (WAS: Thoughts and questions)

[Kathryn Cawte]

No: HPFGUIDX 56182

 Rane wrote -
What I meant was: why suspect Remus over Peter? I mean, Sirius and 
James seem to have utter trust in Peter - trusting him with their 
most precious secret. And, yet, they don't trust Remus (or at least, 
Sirus doesn't; I suspect James doesn't, either).
I find that quite remarquable. Why do I have the feeling the 
subject's been raised before? :-)
 
Now me -

Because it has - and will be again and again because it's impossible to come
to a definitive answer.

I don't think it's that they trust Peter so much as they don't think he
could be the spy because he's *Peter* and appears to be less
strong/powerful/brave than the others. According to Sirius Peter hung around
with people more powerful than himself (I don't remember the exact quote)
and Peter himself implies that he joined Voldemort out of fear (which
frankly I don't believe because to be spying on his three closest friends
without getting caught for a year requires a certain amount of skill and one
heck of a lot of nerve). I think their thinking went that it obviously wasn
t James (since he was one of the people Voldemort wanted to kill) and it
couldn't possibly be Peter therefore it had to be Sirius or Remus.
Presumably Remus had some doubts about it being Sirius or he'd have made
sure that James didn't make him Secret Keeper (perhaps that's why Albus
volunteered - Remus convinced him to?). To Sirius eyes then it has to be
Remus and if as seems likely Sirius was James best friend (he is best man
after all and I get a kind of friends since birth vibe from them) then
Sirius would be more able to convince James of his trustworthyness than
Remus. Plus of course they already know Remus is quite good at keeping
secrets.

K