Evil!Lupin, and Draco (was Kneazel?)

[David <dfrankiswork@netscape.net>]

No: HPFGUIDX 53159

Pippin wrote:

> Crookshanks' limited abilities as a lie-detector are, of course, 
> absolutely crucial to Evil!Lupin theory, since the whole thing 
> depends on an understanding that everything Lupin says in the 
> Shack is literally (and only literally) true.

...and I have been meaning to check FBAWTFT about precise Kneazle 
abilities for some time since this has always struck me as a weak 
point.  It seems unlikely to me - even allowing for dilution by 
ordinary cat ancestry - that mere literal truth-telling would evade 
Crookshanks' abilities to spot deception.  He knew Sirius was not 
what he seemed without any lie or half-truth being uttered by him.

As far as Draco is concerned one could argue that Crookshanks' lack 
of interest is evidence that Draco has no concealed intentions, and 
therefore that his nastiness is not just an act kept up for Lucius' 
sake.  But it's possible that Crookshanks might have some way of 
understanding what is at stake and would therefore betray no 
interest.

David