More questions about Sirius

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 54343


Briony:
> 5 - Lupin said that he had refrained from telling Dumbledore
> that Sirius was an animagus because he was "too cowardly".  But 
> could there have been another reason?  Did Lupin subconsciously 
> doubt that Sirius was a murderer?  Or perhaps thinking that Sirius 
> might have been acting under the Imperius Curse, and not been a 
> true murder at all?
  
I believe that Lupin *did* subconsiously doubt - such as seeing Ron's 
rat looking very much like Peter Pettigrew he knew at school, for 
example, but then disregarding it from his consious mind us 'can not 
be so' (supposedly both Daily Prophet picture and in the train). Part 
of him also gave Sirius the benefit of doubt (no way Sirius could 
have betrayed James, no way)...

Further, while Dumbledore kindly accepted him to school, and little 
Remus feels grateful and considers Albus Dumbledore as a friend, but 
his *other* friends went trough a great deal of trouble, learning 
animagi on their own for three years thus also risking themselves, 
their very lives (no one knew for sure that animagus can be with a 
werewolf safely in animal form), just so that they can *be* with 
their friend. Moony may feel guilty for betraying Dumbledore's trust 
in not telling, but I think he would have felt MORE guilty for 
betraying Padfoot, Prongs or Wormtail by telling.

Choices... Lupin chose to honour the act of risking everything for 
friendship long time ago, and I believe that the memory of his 
animagi-friends has been the only thing that kept him from committing 
suicide with that gun he has... knowing that sometime someone went to 
so much trouble just for his sake.

-- Finwitch