Occam's Razor, Lupin/James and the Shiver

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No: HPFGUIDX 49396

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Barb <psychic_serpent at y...> 
wrote:
<excellent theories by Barb removed> 
> 
... We have no reason to believe, from the books, that James is the 
sort of father who would do such a thing.  Occam's Razor does, 
however, help Hermione determine that Lupin is a werewolf because of 
the timing of his illnesses and the form his boggart took. ...
>  
> 
> --Barb
> 

I have to agree with you, Barb that I do not think that Lupin is 
James - though I probably couldn't put it as eloquently as you 
did :).  First, in Gof - as you mentioned - when the shadows emerged, 
it was James that we saw.  If they had switched, I think we would 
have seen Lupin.  Harry's mother even tells him his father is coming 
to see him (can't look up canon because I have the uncorrected 
version of the book).  Second, if Lupin is really James, would his 
boggart take the form of the moon?  I would think that that 
particular fear would be Lupin's alone - not James'.

Kristen