Why didn't Remus look for Harry?

[erisedstraeh2002 <erisedstraeh2002@yahoo.com>]

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Grace wrote:

> Why hasn't Remus shown any effort to look for Harry?  (And what I 
> mean is once Harry started Hogwarts, not beforehand.)  

Now me:

I can think of a couple of possibilities:

(1) Lupin may have been concerned that he could harm Harry if he was 
to turn into a werewolf while visiting him.  Since "there aren't many 
wizards who are up to making" the Wolfsbane Potion (Ch. 8, PoA), it's 
likely that Lupin wasn't drinking the Potion until he started 
teaching at Hogwarts and was able to have Snape make it for him.

(2) Lupin might have actually gone to see Harry, but Harry didn't see 
him.  Sirius didn't intend for Harry to see him on Magnolia Crescent -
perhaps Lupin was more successful in seeing Harry without being seen 
himself.  Since we hear the story from Harry's perspective, this 
sighting wouldn't have been mentioned.

(3) In PoA, it's not until Harry hears his father's voice during the 
Patronus training sessions that Lupin reveals that he knew James.  So 
Lupin wasn't very forthcoming about his relationship with James.  If 
Lupin went to visit Harry, presumably he would have had to reveal his 
relationship with James, and since it's something Lupin was obviously 
not too keen to do, it could have been the reason why Lupin didn't go 
to see Harry.

~Phyllis