Is Lupin James?

[mhbobbin]

No: HPFGUIDX 109782

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "inkling108" <inkling108 at y...> 
wrote:
> >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.
> snip
> 
> (By the way I too think he has a secret, but this isn't it.)
> 
mhbobbin:

There have been many good posts on this. I too believe this theory 
is a wonderful red herring despite helping to reignite this theory 
discussion. The Switching theory answers some questions about Lupin 
while raising too many other questions.

But I did want to add:
That in the unlikely event that the Switch had happened, then the 
subsequent Sirius/Pettigrew switch had to have happened AFTER James 
had assumed Lupin's body and gone off some where to do some thing so 
that he would not have known about it. It only makes sense if a 
Remus in James body, at Sirius' last minute suggestion, made the 
decision to switch Secret Keeprs.

And Lupin does touch other people, just not Harry. For example, when 
they all leave the Knight Bus after the Christmas Break, Lupin 
shakes hands all round but speaks to Harry. And of course, the punch 
line, another JKR joke--tweaking us--is the final Lupin line to 
Harry to "Keep in Touch." [shiver] 

Why why why can't we figure out what a werewolf who can't hold a job 
and is in a secret society and who lost all the best friends he ever 
had is still concealing some major secret? JKR is not going to 
reveal this, IMO, till the end of Book 7, probably just before she 
kills him and lets him fall into Harry's arms, saying "Harry, 
there's just one more thing I must tell you. All along, I was ----". 
But then, he dies and Harry never finds out. Crazed readers run 
through the streets, mass riots. JKR writes final 8th book: "Harry 
Potter and the Crazed Internet Posters"

mhbobbin