ESE!Lupin loved Lily?

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kiricat2001" <Zarleycat at a...> 
wrote:
> I still think the person he really wanted to kill was Harry. James 
> was collateral damage.

Erm... I suppose I should have made this more clear...  Voldemort had 
attempted to kill the Potters 3 times, and they have narrowly escaped 
each time.  So according to this theory, it was ESE!Lupin who sold 
them out those three times.  Obviously he didn't want to kill Harry 
yet, cuz Harry hadn't even been born!  It was Peter who ended up 
handing Voldemort the Potters' the fourth and final time, as only he 
could betray their location, being secret-keeper.  And everyone 
ASSUMES it was Peter who had been passing LV information for a year 
before-hand.  But what if it was Lupin?

> Voldemort 
> evidently had the upper hand on her while she was pleading for 
> Harry's life.  He's the most powerful wizard in the world, except 
> possibly for Dumbledore.  You expect me to believe he had no other 
> trick up his sleeve to get her out of the way while he dealt with 
> Harry?  I just can't buy that.

Right, he didn't go out of his way to save her.  But he did give her 
an option, and she refused.  I've always wondered why he gave her the 
option at all.

> He's disturbed because he's not evil.  He reacts more strongly the 
> more Harry speaks about it because this is the first he's heard of 
> all this.

You didn't address my point here: Lupin is more disturbed when he 
hears about LILY'S death than he is when he hears about JAMES' 
death.  Why?  James was his lifelong friend, not Lily.

> Remus is also fairly self-contained in his interactions with his 
> students.  He's not particularly touchy-feely.

The most curious example is when Harry is telling Lupin about the 
Dementor-induced memories.  Lupin starts to reach for Harry, to lay a 
hand on his shoulder, then stops and pulls back.  This scene could 
potentially be explained this way:  Harry's description of the death 
of his mother has re-awoken Lupin's grief.  He starts to reach for 
Harry, being someone else who grieves over his mother's death.  Then 
he remembers that Harry is not only Lily's son, but James' as well.  
He snatches his hand back quickly.

Hope this has made my original post *somewhat* clearer.