Is Lupin James?

[inkling108]

No: HPFGUIDX 109722

>Liss wrote: 
> The other thing that comes to mind concerning the Lupin/James 
switch is that Lupin had no clue that Peter was the Secret Keeper.  
Unless Lupin and James made the switch before Sirius suggested 
making Peter Secret Keeper (which WAS a last minute thing), 
shouldn't he know? 

Inkling now:

Exactly! For me this has always been the fatal logical flaw in this 
theory.  You can't get around it without jumping through all kinds 
of hoops (e.q., switching back and forth -- pretty shaky stuff from 
a literary point of view, very unlikely from JKR.)

I think there is also pretty compelling psychological evidence 
against it -- the way Lupin talks about his childhood as a werewolf, 
and how much it meant to him to finally be accepted by the other 
marauders.  Even the tone of self disgust he adopts when he explains 
why he didn't tell Dumbledore Sirius was an animagus.

"It would have meant admitting that I'd betrayed his trust while I 
was at school...and Dumbledore's trust has meant everything to me.  
He let me into Hogwarts as a boy...."

These are the memories and emotions of Lupin, not James.

(By the way I too think he has a secret, but this isn't it.)

Inkling