[Just a comment about Lupin's malady.

[huntergreen_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 108469

Lissa wrote:
>>The trust thing... oh, I have TONS of ideas about that.

1.) How long did Sirius actually suspect Lupin? That would be my first
question. They'd known there was a spy in the Order, and it was 
someone close to James and Lily. But coming to the conclusion that it 
was Lupin had to have been very painful for Sirius. He also may have 
had a wider circle of suspects that kept getting killed off until he 
was forced in the last week or so to narrow it down to Peter or 
Lupin.<<

HunterGreen:
I never really thought about it that way...I suppose it could have 
just been that Lupin was really close to the Potters, and hadn't been 
killed by Voldemort yet, so *perhaps* that's enough to suspect him. 
However, I do think it was rather dense of Sirius to not suspect 
Peter at all (from all indications in PoA, Peter being the spy came 
right out of the clear blue sky to him). His animagus form is a *rat* 
for goodness sakes!

>> 2.) Did Sirius actually say anything? I'm inclined to think no. In 
the Shrieking Shack scene in PoA, Lupin has to confirm that Sirius 
thought he was the spy. He also brushes it off pretty quickly. Now, I 
know Lupin is overly forgiving, but if he's been nursing a grudge 
about Sirius thinking he was the spy for 12 years, he's not going to 
be so quick to forgive. <<

Well, he comes up with that explanation so quickly that I assume the 
thought had occured to him before. If you thought someone was a spy, 
I can't imagine it would be wise to *tell* them they're under 
suspicion. However, you bring up a good point here, Lupin comes to 
grips with Sirius, James and Lily keeping something rather big from 
him because they thought he was a spy really fast, doesn't he? If ESE!
Lupin is true, that's exactly how he'd react (how can he be offended 
about being thought a spy if he is one?).

I think there had to be more than just 'narrowing down' that went 
into Sirius' choice to urge James and Lily to use Peter as the secret-
keeper versis Lupin (of course, as a theory suggests, they *did* use 
Lupin, they just didn't tell Sirius in case *he* was the spy and 
figured it would be easy for Voldemort to break Peter, and it would 
be a good cover for him...but perhaps its better not to get into 
*that* here). Lupin would be the clear choice here, I just can't see 
Sirius sitting down and trying to decide between Lupin and Peter 
being the spy. Lupin was almost as close to him as James was, there 
had to be a reason he suspected him (if ESE!Lupin was acting odd, for 
example...).

>>I also love the suggestion that Lupin's the one who took the 
picture of Lily, James, and Sirius. That just made me smile. <<

Thank you (o; For some reason I see Lupin as the type who would 
rather *take* a picture than be in one.