Remus is James (was: Re: Remus and Tonks)

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No: HPFGUIDX 70233


> Now the documentation.  Some is clearly inference, and speculation 
> based on interviews and our interpretation of the reading, but there 
> is canon, too, which they claim supports it:
> 1.  JKR has dropped hints in numerous interviews, etc. that there is 
> something very special about Lupin; when asked her favorite 
> character-
> she also replies that she loves Remus Lupin, she also said that it 
> was Lupin who made Book 3, POA critical for her to write. 
> 2.  Book 1 (SS) evidence -It would certainly explain how Dumbledore 
> got Jame's Invisibility Cloak, and Hagrid the Potter's Gringott's 
> vault key-Remus/James gave the items to them.  I know not very 
> strong, 
This is not very compelling evidence of James!Lupin, as you admit.
There are many plausible reasons why Lupin might be JKR's favorite
character as well as any number of explainations of how the cloak 
and key found their ways to Hogwarts.

> but here come the ZINGERS.
>
> Book 3 evidence:
> 1.  Chap 5 Lupin does not stare at Harry's scar, mention his 
> resemblance to James or how he has Lily's eye (like everyone else 
> does upon meeting him); and Lupin addresses Harry by his first name, 
> as if he is already knows him well.
As a father, I would think that James would be more interested in
Harry's scar than most people.  That is assuming that he hasn't seen 
the scar before (i.e. He hasn't seen Harry since the Godric's Hollow
incident.)  Really, as a werewolf, he can't be sneaking around Privett 
Drive all of the time.

> 2.  Chap 8 - Lupin seems to be able to read Harry's mind-from book 1-
> book 4, JKR's pattern has been that when characters appear to "read" 
> minds of each other, they have a close relationship or an "inside" 
> track.
Has Lupin even talked to Harry outside of Books 3 and 5?  Besides,
even assuming James!Lupin, how close could the relationship have been, 
given that there has been no contact between the Godric's Hollow 
incident and the Train Ride to Hogwarts in Book 3?  Finally, Lupin is 
not the only character who seems to "read" Harry's mind.

> 3.  Chap 10-Harry tells Lupin he hears his mother being murdered when 
> Dementors are near-Lupin made " a sudden motion with his arm as 
> though to grip Harry's shoulder, but thought better of it."  As 
> Lupin, there is no rational reason why he should not grab his arm, so 
> the speculation is as James he is affected by this news and trying to 
> control himself.
What is the rational reason that James should not grab Harry's arm?
Don't forget that James was Lupin's friend and Harry looks amazingly 
like his father (everyone comments on this).  Lupin surely would have 
wanted to comfort James, but Harry is not James.

> 4.  Chap 11-Trelawney says Lupin "positively fled when I offerred to 
> crystal gaze for him".  Now, Snape, Dd, and presumably some other 
> staff, as well as Hermione know he is a werewolf so could he be 
> hiding more than that?
I think that he could be hiding more than that.  Is he hiding the fact
that he is James Potter in Remus Lupin's body?  He's probably hiding 
something else.

> 5.  Chap 12- First JKR is really into numerology and she always tells 
> us key items in Chaps 12 and 13 of her books.  Harry says his 
> mother's voice is getting louder and Lupin looks "paler than usual".
> Harry also says he hears his father for the first time.  "You heard 
> James?" said Lupin in a strange voice.
No one would like Lupin if he "looked more cheerful" or even "remained
stoic" while Harry described ts was in Godric's hollow that night and
witnessed the whole thing first-hand.  Imagine the surprise that 
Remus must have felt when Harry repeated the last words of James 
Potter, as he witnessed them all those years ago.

> 6. Chap 13-Lupin-"shaken and pleased" congratulates Harry on his 
> spectacular Patronus-we suspect "shaken" because the unusual form of 
> his Patronus is a stag-James animagus form
James was Lupin's friend.  The shape of Harry's patronus proves that 
he is not so much unlike his father--maybe even that some part of 
James still lives inside Harry.  Besides, who would not be pleased
by a fully-formed patronus at such a young age.

> 7. Chap 17- the door bursts open in a "shower of red sparks" Lupin 
> enters his wand ready.  Recall Harry's wand at Olivander's it 
> showered red and gold sparks-some say Lupin/James is a "true" 
> Gryffindor which is why we see red sparks
Why is it assumed that Godric Gryffindor does not have hundreds or
thousands of decendants (or more)?  Besides, it is only speculation
that the red sparks denote a "true" Gryffindor--it may be something 
else entirely.  

> 8.  Chap 17 - "...and I certainly don't want Harry dead..." as an odd 
> shiver passed across his face. (more than just a teacher's dread)
Wouldn't a teacher shiver at the the thought of his student being
killed?  I'd shiver at that prospect.  Why should we assume that this 
is more than just a teacher's dread?

> 9. Chap 18- "well highly exciting possibilities were open to us now 
> that WE could all transform"-as Lupin he should have said THEY could 
> all transform (after all he had been transforming all along), but 
> caught up in retelling the story he says *WE* because he is James and 
> referring to Peter, Sirius and himself.
Lupin could transform all along, even NOW.  This statement does not 
seem so out of place to me.  You're putting too much empasis on the 
word "we" and not enough on the word "now".  

> 10. Chap 18  Lupin has "no hesitation" about what James would think 
> or say-how can he be so sure
I don't recall the exact context of this event.  I would think that 
Lupin, as James' friend, could identify what James would think without
too much trouble in most trivial matters (and even some 
not-too-trivial).

> 11.  Lupin's first name is Remus- In the legend of Romulus and Remus, 
> Remus was killed by his brother or his brother's followers (such as 
> Peter, DEs or Voldemort)
I'm confused.  Are you saying that James or Remus is Voldemort's 
brother?  Or are you saying that James killed Lupin (by mistake?)?