Lupin's personality (WAS Re: Lupin as next Headmaster)

[corinthum]

No: HPFGUIDX 78490

Laura wrote:

> You bring up a tricky question.  It is generally agreed, except among 
> the ESE!Lupin crazies <g> that Lupin is fundamentally a good person 
> and was as a teenager as well.  He seems to be vulnerable to sins of 
> omission, especially where they concern his personal welfare, but in 
> the balance he comes out on the good side.  So why, then, did he not 
> blow the whistle on Sirius in PoA if he truly felt that Harry was in 
> danger?

In PoA, Lupin says he had convinced himself that Sirius was using Dark
Arts learned from Voldemort in order to enter the castle.  I'm sure if
Lupin had heard reports of a large black dog on the grounds, he would
have gone immediately to Dumbledore.  However, as things were, he felt
that revealing this secret would do nothing to protect Harry.  Going
to Dumbledore would only result in the loss of a trust Lupin
desperately wanted.  Needed, even, considering he could possibly lose
his job over this, hurting both himself and Harry (who could
consequently not continue his anti-dementor lessons).

-Corinth