Some Lupin questions

[Tom Wall]

No: HPFGUIDX 58922

Gretlit2003 wrote:
Why didn't Lupin stay in contact with Harry after he left Hogwarts?

Shaggy added:
<snip> throughout PoA Lupin keeps his relationship with Harry on an 
impersonal student-professor level. A very kind, understanding 
teacher, but still just a teacher.

I (Tom) reply:
Agreed with Shaggy, but let me add this: we also have never seen 
Lupin with an owl, yet we've seen him travelling, and also ready to 
travel. 

And although there are other magical methods he could use to keep in 
touch, such as Floo Powder, we don't see students ever using those in 
canon until Sirius uses the Gryffindor fire to talk to Harry. So, I'm 
guessing that students don't really use them that often, if ever.


Greatlit2003 wrote:
Does Lupin's strange behavior bother anyone else?

Tom asks:
Explain `strange.' I don't think Lupin does act strangely at all, at 
least, not once we understand why he had those occasionally odd 
expressions on his face at the mention of James.


Greatlit2003 wrote:
If Lupin was part of the "old crowd" as Dumbledore says at the end 
of GoF, then why did Sirius and James suspect him to be the spy? 
Does that suggest that they also suspected everyone else in the "old 
crowd" (including Dumbledore perhaps) to be working against them?

Tom (I) reply:
They did have mutual suspicions of each other:


PoA, Ch.10:
"Indeed, [Dumbledore] had suspected for sometime that someone on our 
side had turned traitor and was passing a lot of information to You-
Know-Who."

PoA, Ch.19
"Not if he thought I was the spy, Peter," said Lupin. "I assume 
that's why you didn't tell me, Sirius?" he said casually over 
Pettigrew's head.
"Forgive me, Remus," said Black.
"Not at all, Padfoot, old friend," said Lupin, who was now rolling up 
his sleeves. "And will you, in turn, forgive me for believing *you* 
were the spy?"


The way I see this is that basically everyone was under suspicion, 
some more than others. That's perhaps why Pettigrew got away with it -
 no one suspected him because he was too weak and snivelling.

-Tom