[HPforGrownups] Re: Who's going to betray the Order?/My predictions for the remaining Marauders

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In a message dated 8/6/2003 8:41:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Ravenclaw Bookworm writes:

> I agree that Lupin as the spy would be a real shocker.  He knows that LV's supporters don't like non-humans, and he has had enougth difficulties in his life that, IMO, he appreciates the friends he has.  Maybe it's because I like him so much, but I can't see him as the betrayer.  

I agree that Lupin as the betrayer would be a shock. That's for certain. But I have different plans in mind for Lupin:

With two of the four dead now (sorry, give me a moment here, *sniff*), we're left with Lupin to represent the love of the friendship and Pettigrew to represent the cowardice of the friendship. 

It is my opinion (actually, my brother is stronger with this theory than I am) that all four of the friends will be dead by the end of the series, in order for the past to die and the present to become the future. 

I see Pettigrew killing Lupin. That could be with that hand most of us have been worried about since Book 4, or it could be some other way. But I see a show-down between the two of them. That leaves only the "bad egg" of the group. 

Pettigrew then, I predict, will feel an overwhelming remorse for what he's set in motion and for being the only one still alive. That's when the life-debt owed to Harry will come into play, and Peter will find an opportunity to sacrifice himself to save Harry. That will probably come very late in the series, though.

So, I don't see Lupin as the one who will betray the Order. Tonks, I agree, is too obvious, although she could be an accomplice, if we're allowed more than one betrayer.  :)  That morphing ability mixed with her clumsiness is clearly begging to become a problem.

Okay, I'll go out on a limb here. Why *not* Harry? Didn't anyone else's jaw drop when he pointed his wand at B.L. and shouted "Crucio"? What if Harry lets the Dark Side in him come out a little too much in the next book?

Not a theory I'm seriously into right now. It's just a thought I'm kicking around.  :)

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