The Timing of Lupin WAS Re: Dumbledore and Lupin

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 109174

 
> > Jen: Technically, it wouldn't take much advanced critical 
thinking 
> > for Lupin to put two & two together here. He sees Peter is alive 
and 
> > has to ask himself, how & why? Didn't Peter die a hero trying to 
> > take on Sirius all by himself? Well, hold on then, if he was 
still 
> > alive after facing Sirius, why hide when Sirius is safe behind 
bars 
> > at Azkaban & miss out on all the hero-worship? 
> > Unless....unless....things aren't as they seem and Peter was 
trying 
> > to hide something. But what? 

 
> Kneasy:
> Too much thinking for Lupin - unless he's a bloody good actor,
> because according to canon he doesn't work it out until *after*
> he's disarmed Harry. 
> 
> He enters apparently thinking he's rescuing Peter.
> "Where is he, Sirius?"
> 
>  time passes, Sirius points to Ron and
> 
> "But then..." Lupin muttered, staring at Black so intently it 
seemed 
> he was trying to  read his mind "..why hasn't he showed himself 
> before now? Unless..." Lupins eyes suddenly widened, as though he 
> were seeing something beyond Black, something none of the rest 
> could see, "-unless he was the one...unless you switched without 
> telling me?"
> 
> Seems as if a totally brand spanking new concept has struck him.
> Something that had never even crossed his mind before. 


Jen: Perhaps the actual conclusion is a brand spanking new concept, 
but the thoughts that lead to that conclusion (from my snip above) 
would have happened between the time Lupin saw Peter alive on the 
map and he reached the Shrieking Shack. 

Of course there's always the possibility Lupin is a Legilimens as 
well, from the comment "staring so intently at Black it seemed he 
was trying to read his mind." That's not a new theory, but he is the 
only other one in the books besides Dumbledore & Snape who seems 
to 'stare intently' at people. He did it again in OOTP to Sirius, in 
the kitchen at Grimmauld Place. 

Even if he's not a Legilimens, I think the concept of a 
humble/modest Peter would be something Lupin wouldn't believe. That 
fact alone, the Peter would pretend to be dead even after he's safe 
from Sirius' 'revenge', would give Lupin pause. Why pretend to be 
dead when you get public acclaim, a service award, etc. and the 
criminal is behind bars?  That just doesn't add up. That alone makes 
it worth going to the Shrieking Shack to find out more.