Is Lupin James? (related to James' Choice as well)

[mindy bindy]

No: HPFGUIDX 109838

mhbobbin at yahoo.com wrote:
>>(By the way I too think he has a secret, but this isn't it.)
> ... And maybe that other arrangement is the Secret that Lupin is 
> hiding. In addition, we don't know where Lupin was in the year of 
> GOF--which makes no sense to me--or what his mission is for the 
> Order. Lupin stays at Grimmauld Place but disappears for long 
> periods--and it doesn't seem to be related to his werewolf problem. 
> 
> Whatever the secret, I believe that Lupin is so intent on keeping it 
> secret still, that he won't even shake Harry's hand (twice in OotP 
> he shakes everyone else's hand but not Harry's) perhaps fearful that 
> LV would find out about it. We're told over and over that Harry is 
> distressed by DD not making eye contact. But we learn why that makes 
> sense and may be a diversion from the whole Lupin / Harry thing. 
> Keep in Touch.

 
heather: Your post crossed with mine, but I agree - there's something 
fishy about the wolf. I said elsewhere that he has a link to DD, but 
here  - it's not just he disappeared from the story, but that it is 
deliberately left blank where he went. It only takes one sentence "He's 
negotiating with goblins" to clear up missing characters, but instead we 
get deliberate vagueness. I think he's the new Neville - before OOP, 
people were remarking that Neville had way too many dangling mysteries 
to be just left a supporting character, and they were proved right.