MD Alternative: Lupin is the agent. (WAS Objections to Magic Dishwasher - Shriek

[kiricat2001 <Zarleycat@aol.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51873

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "marinafrants <rusalka at i...>" 
<rusalka at i...> wrote:

> According to this theory, Lupin deliberately didn't take his potion 
> and arranged for himself to be handcuffed to Peter so that his 
> transformation would facilitate Peter's escape.  But such a plan 
> relied absolutely on Sirius being innocent, and as you say 
yourself, 
> Lupin couldn't have been sure of this until he arrived at the shack 
> and saw what's what (though I agree with you that he probably began 
> to suspect the possibility as soon as he saw Peter on the map).  If 
> Sirius turned out to be guilty, there would've been no one aroundd 
> to protect HRH from Lupin when he transformed.  I just can't see 
the 
> cautious, rational Lupin, deliberately take such a risk.

I think that perhaps you're too cautious about Remus' thoughts about 
Sirius' potential guilt. Pettigrew is alive! Obviously, Sirius didn't 
kill him! That throws his entire conviction as a mass-murderer out 
the window. I think it possible that, in that second, Remus felt in 
his gut that what had always felt wrong to him about Sirius being the 
traitor truly was wrong.  He knew how close James and Sirius had 
been, for years.  I bet there was always that nagging thought that it 
just didn't make sense that Sirius would betray the Potters, in spite 
of what the evidence seemed to show.  And, now, look, there's Peter 
on the Map.  Of course, Remus thinks, his instincts had been correct 
all along. Sirius was innocent.

Alright, maybe it's a stretch and doesn't really cover the risk of 
putting the Trio near a werewolf, but it's the best I can come up 
with.

Marianne