Did Lupin do it? (was Tactics & Prescience)

[holly_phoenix_11]

No: HPFGUIDX 76593

> Okay, I'm officially going to accept that Lupin *may* have had 
something to do with Sirius' death.  :)  But I need some more 
convincing. Who wants to analyze DD's and Lupin's behaviors both 
before and after the death? JKR usually presents us with a number of 
clues. Other than the surprise and the jet of light from nowhere, 
what do we have to work with?
> 
> Brief Chronicles

me, holly:

I think you have some good points regarding the fact that JKR does 
not literally prepare us for what is coming. For all I can say, she 
had all the people fooled with her convincing style, that Snape and 
not Quirrel was the villain in PS/SS. I have some second thoughts, 
though, because it is really hard for me to be convinced that anyone, 
even Dumbledore, would sacrifice someone's life, even for the greater 
good, especially if they trully belong to the good side.
For me, the biggest difference between the Order and the Death Eaters 
is the value they give to human or any kind of life. The Death Eaters 
find it extremely easy to kill, whereas the Order's members show 
great respect for the life and the rights of others. For 
example,surely if Sirius thought that Kreacher could very much help 
the situation simply by not interfering, he would try to find a way 
to restrain him in places where outside contacts would be impossible 
for him to have. Instead, we see Kreacher walking freely around the 
house, many times eavesdropping and leaving a sensation that he is a 
dangerous creature to be around hearing things. Another example is 
Dumbledore's own discussion with LV, where he says that there are far 
more worse things than death. Still, he does not harm Bellatrix, he 
does not even try to kill anyone LV. Not because he can't or because 
he is really the evil one, but because IMHO he does not think he has 
a right to decide who lives and who dies. 
Lupin, on the other hand, has shown his good side early enough, in 
PoA. He does not harm Pettigrew, he is not evil to do something like 
that. If there is a suggestion here that Sirius really wanted to harm 
Peter, well, he had all the rights of the world to feel like that, 
after 12 years of injustice. The point is that one way or another, he 
did not. If he really meant to do it, not all the people of the world 
would be able to stop him. To me, it seems that he really wanted to 
see justice being served, and not revenge.

Even if we take a look at the Aurors, they are not said to have 
killed anyone, even if they were fighting against evil Death Eaters. 
They just put everyone to prison. No one but the impostor Moody in 
GoF exercises the Uforgivable Curses. I think that if there had been 
the real Mad Eye Moody in the classroom, he would never have 
exercised the Cruciatus Curse, not even on spiders. Because to be on 
the good side means that you can't use the Unforgivable Curses, you 
have to be really eager to harm someone. The good ones only try to 
defend themselves against evil. That is why the school subject is 
called "Defence against the dark arts". It is all about defence, not 
offence.

All this, of course, bearing in mind that none of the people in the 
Order are willingly evil, even if they can be subject to Imperius 
Curses (which is my humble opinion as well).

cheers
holly_phoenix_11