Where was Lupin? (was: The Timing of Lupin WAS)

[huntergreen_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 109251

Magda wrote:
>> Dumbldore didn't fire Lupin because he knew Lupin was honourable
enough to do the right thing and quit. He regrets it but he has no
choice either. Had Lupin not quit, Dumbledore would have fired him. <<

Lissa replied:
>> Thanks. That's another conversation though I really would have 
liked to have had a pair of Extendable Ears for. I don't think 
Lupin's actually on his second chance before this. I wonder if DD 
WOULD have fired him. It's really hard to tell. (Personally, I think 
he was sprinting out of there and to Sirius, but hey. Who knows?) <<

HunterGreen:
Lissa's comment about where Lupin went after quitting (and this whole 
thread in general), reminds me of a question I've had about Lupin for 
awhile. During PS/SS, CoS and GoF, where is he? Harry is the son of 
one of his best friends, who was murdered, and on top of that 
he's 'the-boy-who-lived' and all that, which sparks so much curiosity 
that other wizards go out of their way to find him before he even 
rejoins the magical world (sorry, I don't have access to my copy of 
SS for a page reference). You think Lupin would be at least a little 
curious about him (perhaps watch one of his quidditch games...we 
don't know that only people from the school are allowed to go, and 
since its never mentioned that he went, I assume he didn't). Lupin's 
not around in the pub when Harry first goes to get his school things, 
(he could have written to Dumbledore and found out), and he's also 
not around during the weeks that Harry spends at the Leaky Cauldron 
during PoA.
I could understand, perhaps, Lupin wanting to keep an emotional 
distance from Harry, so therefore not seeking him out, but why 
doesn't Dumbledore ask him to be a teacher before PoA? I very much 
doubt that he asked, because why would Lupin say no? SS/PS doesn't 
concern me, since he didn't know that Quirrel had become ESE, but I 
don't really believe that Dumbledore thought Lockhart was genunine. 
Lupin is such a natural teacher, that I wonder why, if Dumbledore was 
so desparate, that he didn't ask him to come teach *then*.

In PoA, Lupin is introduced to Harry, and they develop a 
relationship, so the emotional distance (if there was one) is gone, 
yet Lupin disappears again. He quits, then rides off into the sunset, 
where he is not heard from or seen again until OotP. Now, remember, 
all through GoF, there is something obviously up around Hogwarts. 
Lupin is not called upon and he doesn't offer himself up for help, 
and he doesn't make an appearence at any of the triwizard events (I'm 
not saying that he *should* be, but his lack of interest in the son 
of one of his best friends who happens to look JUST like the friend, 
is odd). 
Sirius, the fugitive, is heard from. He's hiding in a cave in 
Hogsmeade and living off rats to stay close to Hogwarts. He's right 
at hand at the end of the book when the action start. In fact it 
would appear that Lupin (despite having close ties to Sirius, if not 
Dumbledore) is barely aware of the situation. 
[GoF chpt 36 - emphasis mine]
' "That will do to be going on with," said Dumbledore, stepping 
between them once more. "Now I have work for each of you. Fudge's 
attitude, though not unexpected, changes everything. Sirius, I need 
you to set off at once. You are to **alert** Remus Lupin, Arabella 
Figg, Mundungus Fletcher - the old crowd. Lie low at Lupin's for a 
while; I will contact you there." '

Lupin is active in the Order in the fifth book, and he was, at the 
very least, a member of the first order, so its interesting that he 
wasn't concerned about the events unfolding in GoF like Sirius was. 
What was he doing for that year?