The Case for Lupin

[nibleswik]

No: HPFGUIDX 85277

> I must say it is with some fear that I attack one of the most 
formidable (and twisted) theory of HPFGU : ESE!Lupin.

<big snip>

> 1) Lupin could very well have killed Sirius.
> 
<snip> I agree that it is not possible to prove that Lupin did not 
> kill Sirius. But there is something I think is quite hard to
> understand if he did. Why did he held Harry ? For all we know, 
> Harry was "sprint[ing] toward the dais." Without Lupin, he would 
> have jumped right through it, wouldn't he ? And that would mean no
> more Harry. <snip> So why would an ESE!Lupin prevent Harry from 
> committing suicide ? <rest snipped>

Me:
I am far from a proponent of ESE!Lupin, but I think you assume too 
much in this argument. First and most obvious, you assume that going 
beyond the veil would kill Harry. We don't know what's beyond the 
veil -- it could be a land of cotton candy and s'mores. I don't 
think Sirius is dead because he fell beyond the veil; I think he's 
dead because he was shot in the chest! He was dead before he 
disappeared. What if Voldie and the DEs know what's beyond the veil, 
and it's something Harry Potter must not see? What if Voldemort just 
wanted Harry alive for another reason? (I know he tried to get DD to 
kill Harry in OotP, but I don't think that was really in earnest. 
Tom Riddle knows DD well enough that he knew the man wouldn't kill 
Harry.) There could be any number of reasons for an Evil!Lupin to 
want to keep Harry from sprinting toward the dais.

Cheekyweebisom