The Timing of Lupin WAS Re: Dumbledore and Lupin

[Jo Raggett]

No: HPFGUIDX 109159

>Kneasy: 
> Oh,  yes.
> We've had fun and games with this before, but don't let that stop 
>you. How far you're willing to go depends on how much you think DD 
>knows.
> 
> Sirius talks in his sleep -  "He's at Hogwarts," and is now  on 
> the  run. 
> Harry is/will be at Hogwarts.
> But why would Sirius wish to harm Harry?
> But there is someone at Hogwarts that Sirius would like to get his 
hands on.
> Peter/Wormtail.
> You really don't think that DD didn't know who's inside that 
ratskin do you?
> For all these years, a rat is accepted without question when 
>students are allowed an owl, cat or toad? 


Aggie:
Umm  Yes!! Call me naive but it *was* my impression that DD *didn't* 
know that the Marauders were animagi.  He says so in PoA and I 
believe that DD doesn't mislead us.  (hmm naive, stupid, 
disillusional, confounded!) 

As others have mentioned I presummed that the 'owl, cat or toad' were 
guidelines to mean only bring *one* pet to school.

  
Kneasy:
> Though Sirius has no animus towards Harry  the reverse is not true. 
> Harry believes Sirius was responsible for the death of his parents.
> Fudge, who just happened to be at Azkaban the night before Sirius 
> escapes,(pure coincidence of course - and if you believe that you 
> might want to buy this 100% genuine gold brick) has loosed the 
Dementors.

Aggie:
Where can I get one?! Is it going cheap??!? ;o))


Kneasy: 
> It all looks as if there's going to be a really interesting 
> confluence of events.
> So how to control it?
> 
> Well, there's this feller; seemingly looking for work and guess 
>what? He knows Sirius, Peter, was a friend of the Potters *and* can 
>teach Harry how to fend off Dementors. How fortunate! Just what we 
>need to help keep the lid on a potentially explosive situation.
> 
> No need to tell Lupin everything; a couple of sentences will be 
>enough - "Peter's still alive, Sirius may come looking for him, get 
>close to Harry and don't let him do anything silly. Oh, and teach 
>him the Patronus spell, just in case."
> Which is what he does - note his first action on entering the 
>Shrieking Shack is to disarm Harry, not to bind Sirius hand and 
>foot, which is what you'd expect him to do.
> 
> Lupin links all the participants involved. Harry, Sirius, Peter.
> He's not there by chance.


Aggie:
I'll agree that Lupin is not there by chance but I don't buy that DD 
knows Peter's still alive (although not completely against the 
idea).  It is strange that the first action Lupin does when entering 
the Shrieking Shack is to disarm Harry and not do anything to 
Sirius.  I loved reading this for the first time (and wish I could go 
back to that innocence!)  my initial reaction was OH MY! 
ESE!Lupin!!  The only thing that I can think of is that seeing Peter 
on the Map put enough doubt into his mind *not* to attack Sirius but 
to let him have his say.