OK... theory I read while I was gone

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No: HPFGUIDX 57000

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Alison Williams" 
<alison.williams at v...> wrote:
> That weird Lupin = James theory got me thinking.  The main flaw in 
it -
> and it looks like a big one to me - is why has Lupin/James not 
taken any
> interest in Harry in the last 12 years?
> 
> If there was such a switch isn't it much more plausible that Sirius 
was
>the one James switched with?  After all *he's* been locked up in 
>Askaban
> for the last 12 years.

Hi Alison,
Contrarily,I like the original theory quite a bit. When I read POA, I 
saw Lupins obvious affection for Harry as a simple case of a mans 
fondness for his friend, visited on his son. However, this Theory 
brings to light a new way of viewing it and I am baited now, to see 
it come to the fore.
JK does mention in her interviews that we will see more of Lupin. 
Yay, I love that character. 
 
I would like to answer ?Why? Alison, that Lupin, were he truly James, 
has had nothing to do with Harry. There are a few elementary answers 
to that question. 1. He was a werewolf. 2. He did not look like or 
have any claim to anything that was James'. Being unable to prove 
that he was James, and not Lupin since the night of the murders at 
Godrics Hollow because the only true proof would be Lupin / in James' 
body who was dead. 3. Knowledge of Harrys whereabouts those many 
years was protected by a spell cast by Dumbledore. Be it a secret 
keeper spell, or otherwise. It was certainly not common knowledge to 
the WW where Harry Potter was residing. I am sure that, in some 
unique way knowing Dumbledore, anyone who might have sought Harry 
would have had their path muddled by Dumbledores magic during that 
time.
 
BUT, and this is a big BUTT. LOL. The thing that comes to mind, to 
shoo this interesting theory altogether, is; 
During the Priori spell from Voldemort's wand, it is the spirit of 
Harry's Father, James, that emerges, and not Lupin or Sirius. Perhaps 
we are 
hoping for too much in our desire to see Harry reunited with one of 
his parents.
 
BOOHoo TheValk cries.