Questions about the ESE!Lupin theory

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 73312

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "acoteucla" 
<acoteucla at h...> wrote:
> Ok, I've read some of the ESE!Lupin topics, and I'm very 
intrigued.   There's gotta be a big betrayal somewhere in the last 
two books, and  Lupin seems to fit the bill.  I have a couple 
questions before I jump  on the bandwagon, though.
> 
> 1 - Book 5: Why did Lupin prevent Harry from going through the 
veil?

I think that's tied in to Lupin's greatest fear being the Prophecy. 
It's speculation, but surely Dumbledore could have revealed the 
prophecy to James. In that case, perhaps Lupin has learned 
more of it than Dumbledore realizes. Voldemort's actions are 
consistent with the idea that he believes he alone can kill Harry. 
If Lupin believes that too, then stopping Harry from going through 
the veil was sheer self-preservation. The last time a piece of 
Death Magic failed to destroy Harry Potter, it blasted a whole 
house into ruin.


> 2 - Book 3: Why did Lupin leave the map out for Snape to find?
> 
> There seems to be little reason for it.  Lupin can't possibly 
know  that Snape was a spy for Dumbledore, else LV would have 
known, and LV  would have killed Snape when he came back.  
So why did he risk his  plans in an attempt to kill Snape as well?  
If Snape had gotten to  the Shrieking Shack sooner, H/R/H would 
have been quite relieved to  be saved from Lupin & Sirius.  
Having Snape conscious would have been a huge risk to the 
success of Lupin's plan.<<

Oh,  Lupin and Voldemort knew perfectly well that Snape was a 
spy.  However, they're not going to reveal themselves by 
disposing of Snape until they've dealt with Harry. Meanwhile a 
blown double agent has his uses. They can use Snape to feed 
misinformation to Dumbledore and they know that whatever 
Snape tells Voldemort is exactly what Dumbledore wants him to 
know, and that's useful too.

Lupin leaves the Map out so that Snape will follow him instead of 
going to Dumbledore. He knows about how much time it will 
take for Snape to reach the office and find the Map, so he has a 
fairly good idea when Snape will be showing up. He figures he, 
Sirius and Harry will be more than a match for Snape, and he's 
supremely confident that Harry will be on his side. Lupin does 
overplay his hand a little;  but of course Snape blows it by 
threatening to turn Lupin over to the Dementors, thus forcing 
Harry to choose sides.

Pippin
The original Ever So Evil Lupin post:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/39362