James' Choice (Was Marauders' Map, Marauders and Voldemort)

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mhbobbin wrote:
>>>Sirius suspected Lupin. Lupin suspected Sirius [ Shrieking Shack
scene]. James had to make a choice as to who the most likely spy
was. I wonder how James made that choice. 

We know James chose Sirius rather than Lupin---the inference is
that  James thought Lupin was the spy. We're told why Pettigrew was 
not  thought to be the spy and was still trusted. Did James think 
Lupin  was the spy because he was a werewolf? Did James have other 
yet  unrevealed reasons to suspect Lupin had an alliance with 
Voldemort?<<<

 
Meri: 
>>I don't think that the fact that James eventually chose
Sirius (before choosing Peter) is any indication that he didn't
trust Lupin. I think it is more of an indication that Sirius was his
*best friend*. He and Black were, as is said by many people, like
brothers. And Lupin, no matter how much he and James cared for each
other, just weren't close as sibs. 
<snip>
Who knows, maybe he flipped a coin.<<

mhobbin responded:
> Perhaps it was as simple as James and Sirius being inseparable, 
> causing James to choose Sirius. And perhaps it was as 
> straightforward as the process of elimination that made Lupin the 
> odd man out in the foursome, and the likely spy. After all, the 
> last minute switch of Secret Keeper was not even revealed to DD 
> and I hardly believe that DD was under suspicion.
> 
> If James trusted Sirius as a brother, as Meri describes above, it 
> is also likely that James shared Sirius' mistrust of Remus. The 
> last minute switch was perhaps designed to fool Remus--after all, 
> Remus believed that Sirius was the Secret Keeper. That information 
> alone would have been useful to LV.
> 
> What I'd like to know is what about Remus made James and Sirius 
> think he was the spy. Process of elimination? Prejudice of 
> werewolves? Or something else not yet revealed?  

SSSusan:
I may be reading this thread incorrectly, but if I've understood, 
then the question is, why did James choose Sirius and NOT Lupin as 
Secret Keeper.  If I've read it correctly, then I'm with Meri.  I 
don't think there's any reason to assume that James thought Lupin 
was a spy.  This may be simplistic on my part, but perhaps the 
reason Lupin wasn't chosen was that it just wasn't considered smart 
to choose a werewolf...who might be out of commission at some 
crucial point when contact needed to be made.

For *me*, I just don't see any reason to read all that much into the 
choice.  In other words, I don't see that NOT choosing Lupin means 
that we're to infer that James suspected he was the spy.

Siriusly Snapey Susan