E!Lupin

[maria_kirilenko]

No: HPFGUIDX 57898

Becky Walkden wrote:
>> And Lupin being evil is definitely not even possible.  He is a 
>> member of the Order of the Phoenix I bet and is very well trusted 
>> by (Omniscient) Dumbledore.

Pippin replied:
> Impossible? Why? Because Dumbledore trusts him? Lupin's 
> own friends thought he was the spy. I can't believe it was solely 
> because he is a werewolf. 

Maria Alena:
I agree with you, Pippin. <gasp!> While no one will ever convince me 
that Lupin is ESE, except canon, of course, I do think that Sirius 
and James had a very good reason to suspect Lupin of being a spy. The 
simplest explanation I can think of has to do with the fact that 
Lupin is a werewolf. It's very possible that Voldemort was recruiting 
werewolves as spies and/or DEs, tempting them with future work 
opportunities, for example. 

Since Lupin was suspected of being a spy, I'll go with the theory 
that Voldemort recruited werewolves as spies.

This explanation does have a few problems, though. Werewolves are 
mistrusted as it is, it's hard to imagine that a large part of them 
would have access to important information. If it were also well 
known that Voldemort was recruiting them, they would be unable to 
acquire any intelligence whatsoever. Lupin's position as one of 
James's best friends probably set him apart from other werewolves.

This means that, while Voldemort may not have targeted many 
werewolves, he certainly had a strong motive to target Lupin; and, 
from his perspective, there was a great chance that Lupin would have 
agreed to spy on James (living conditions etc). 

But then the whole Lupin Was Suspected Because All Werewolves Were 
Recruited doesn't work, since not many werewolves were recruited in 
the first place. I think I'd go with a different explanation - that 
Sirius saw Lupin in suspicious company, such as Lucius or Snape. It 
would be only natural for Sirius to suspect him then. 

And I'd like to mention that Lupin isn't a member of the Order of the 
Phoenix. That is not canon yet. He is a member of the "old crowd."

Maria Alena, writing this at 1:45 in the morning and hoping all of 
this makes sense.

PS - is there an Evil!Molly theory? She did buy Harry green robes, 
you know...