OOP: What about Lupin? SPOILERS

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No: HPFGUIDX 63281

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lexiss247" <lexiss247 at y...> 
wrote:
> Why didn't Harry talk to Lupin about Sirius' death? It seems to me 
> that if anyone would understand and empathize, it would be Sirius' 
> BEST FRIEND. Even if Sirius was Harry's godfather, they had only 
known 
> each other for 2 years, and even then, Sirius was always on the 
run. I 
> don't doubt that they loved each other, as James' son and James' 
best 
> friend, and certainly either would have given their life for the 
> other, but in reality, they can't have known each other very well. 
On 
> the other hand, there is Remus, who had been one of Sirius' best 
> friends since they were 11 years old.
> 
> Yet Lupin did not seem to care much. Well, I take that back-- he 
did 
> seem upset immediately after he saw Sirius fall through the veil. 
But 
> he wasn't nearly as upset as I expected him to be. I mean, this 
was 
> the *last* of his best friends, except for the traitor, of course. 
I'm 
> not saying that I hate Lupin, or I think he's evil and heartless, 
but 
> this bothered me because I couldn't understand *why*. When Harry 
> arrives at King's Cross and meets the group, Lupin doesn't say or 
> communicate anything to Harry other than a greeting and "Take 
care, 
> Harry. Keep in touch." WHY NO MENTION OF SIRIUS? Even a meaningful 
> glance would have helped. I can only conclude two things, which is 
> that either JKR forgot that Lupin and Sirius were friends, or she 
> omitted Lupin's reaction on purpose to compound on the seeming 
> pointlessness and preventability of Sirius' death. Perhaps, also, 
she 
> is saving the conversation between Lupin and Sirius for book 6, 
which 
> would mean that we haven't seen the last of Padfoot :)



I'm not sure if I subscribe to the DeathEater!Lupin, or 
VolderThingySupporter!Lupin, but especially after OotP, I definitely 
believe that there is a LOT more to Lupin than is apparent on the 
surface, and that it's NOT GOOD.

There are several old threads about Evil!Lupin which are very 
interesting (made me think), and I noted some of JKR's comments 
about Lupin in this post:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/61352 

Message 61352

MC