No one was to blame... I think!

[Justine]

No: HPFGUIDX 94886


<<Pippin wrote:

<<who doesn't buy for a moment that Lupin was so distressed 
about Peter that he forgot about his potion. Calm and collected 
the whole time, he is.>>

and Justine responded:

<<I don't have my books with me at my dorm, but as far as I remember, 
Lupin didn't actually *have* the potion.  Isn't that why Snape stopped 
in Lupin's office and saw the Marauder's Map?  To deliver the wolfsbane?  
I don't see why Snape would merely stop in to see if Lupin drank it, 
since Snape isn't very fond of Remus and also would have no reason to 
suspect that he had forgotten to drink it.  So, couldn't it be that Remus 
saw Peter's name on the map, but couldn't wait around for Snape to show 
up because there was the chance that at that *very* moment, Harry and 
company were in mortal danger?>>

Vickey: 

All I'm going to say is this...Snape did come to see Lupin because he 
hadn't taken his potion that night, but who says that Lupin had to wait 
for Snape to bring it to him?  Lupin could have gone to the dungeons 
himself to get it.  He had been taking it for at least 9 months during 
POA...it would have been a routine and I doubt that Snape always 
delivered it, but as for Lupin, it is possible, however out of character, that 
he forgot it in his disbelief at what he saw on the map.  As for 
telling DD, remember this, DD was with Fudge and McNair...what do you think 
would have happened to Sirius then? >>

Justine:

It doesn't *have* to be an issue of character.  Perhaps Lupin was planning on going to see Snape, but got majorly sidetracked by the sudden appearance of Peter's name.  Would there have been, then, time to run down to the dungeons?  Probably not.  And even if he had, Snape would most likely have asked questions about why he, Remus, was in such a hurry.  I doubt Lupin would have wanted Snape to be involved, especially if he had a tiny hope that Sirius was innocent (obviously of Peter's murder, but also of being the traitor).  But, then again, we just don't know... 


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