The Timing of Lupin WAS Re: Dumbledore and Lupin

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 109199

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. 
 


SSSusan:
Man!  No fair!  I decide to actually WORK all day at work and not get 
caught up on the list...and this really fun thread gets started!  :-)

Anyway, I think Jen's right that Lupin might've begun some 
preliminary pondering once he saw Pettigrew's name on the map.  But 
even if Kneasy is right that the actual "aha!" moment didn't happen 
until Lupin arrived at the Shrieking Shack, there's still Lissa's 
argument concerning why Lupin may have FIRST disarmed Harry 
before "doing anything" about Sirius.  

That is, Lupin WANTED to find out that there was a good explanation, 
and that his friend Sirius had been wronged.  I admit I'm one who 
likes the Sirius-Remus SHIP, too, but even if it doesn't go that 
deep, I think Lissa's right that the bond was very close with those 
four.  Remus had found GREAT friends who were willing to learn 
difficult magic and take monthly risks just to be with him, and he 
likely had really suffered the (apparent) loss of all THREE of them 
to death or betrayal.  If there was even a chance that something was 
amiss and that Sirius might actually be innocent, then I think we can 
understand Lupin's desire to disarm Harry and *listen* to what Sirius 
had to say.

Siriusly Snapey Susan