[HPforGrownups] Re: The Case for Lupin

[Anne Geldermann]

No: HPFGUIDX 85313

>
> >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.<
>
>KathyK:
>
>Evil!Lupin had no choice but to stop Harry regardless of Voldemort's
>plans for him as Dumbledore was right there watching Sirius go
>through the archway.  Even if Dumbledore didn't see where Harry was,
>he did turn toward the dais as Sirius fell through and might have
>noticed Harry hurtling toward the archway.  Dumbledore would have
>stopped Harry, I believe, and then might have wondered why Lupin,
>who was right by Harry, didn't stop him.
><snip>

So what is to stop Lupin, if he is evil, from trying to grab Harry a split 
second too slowly and losing his grip as Harry hurtled by?  Harry was 
fighting as hard as he could to get to the dais.  All ESE!Lupin would then 
have to do would act incredibly horrified and guilty.  Besides, Sirius is 
his best friend.  It would certainly be reasonable to accept that his 
reflexes were slowed by the shock of getting Sirius, the last of his three 
school friends, back after so many years and then losing him again so 
relatively soon.  If he is really evil, the fact that he has been able to 
make everyone think of him as gentle and kind is proof that this would be an 
easy act for him to put on.

As for the argument that Lupin was the one that killed Sirius, I can't buy 
it.  If Harry was hurtling, I don't see how ESE!Lupin would have time to: 1) 
Make sure Dumbledore was looking away from him, as was everyone else in the 
room.  2) Zap Sirius in the split second he did this, which would be rather 
difficult to do as someone may have changed the direction they were looking 
in at the same time.  And people were looking Sirius' and Bellatrix's way.  
He would have to be directly behind Bellatrix, both for the angle to look 
right and for Sirius to see this.  3)  See Harry running past him to the 
dais (and if he was running past him, he'd be coming from behind since Lupin 
would still be facing the dais.  4) Look around and see that Dumbledore was 
turning around, and 5) Be able to catch Harry and hold him back.  1 and 2 
would have to be almost instantaneous, as would 3, 4, and 5.

Anne

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