Lupin visiting Sirius in Azkaban

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No: HPFGUIDX 111648

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
> wrote:
> > After his escape, why did Sirius go after Peter himself instead 
of 
> > sending an Owl to Dumbledore telling him everything? 
> > Apparently he never thought of it. The old habit of secrecy was 
> > too much engrained.  He never really outgrew his schoolboy 
> > ethic--loyalty to your chums above all else. He couldn't speak 
> > without giving Lupin away, too.
> >
> 
> Alla:
> 
> I think (besides plot reasons, of course) that Sirius did not go 
to 
> Dumbledore precisely because Dumbledore was so easily convinced of 
> Sirius' guilt. He testified at Sirius hearing, right? He did not 
> even insist (as far as we know) to let Sirius tell his story.
> 
> I am not surprised at all, frankly.

mhbobbin:

Alla--please point me to where DD testifies at Sirius' hearing. I 
don't recall this--only that Sirius was sent away without trial by 
Barty Crouch Senior.I believe it was Old Barty who never allowed 
Sirius to be heard.

As for Lupin: We don't know what Lupin was up to around the time of 
the Secret Keeper decision or the attack at GH. (We don't even know 
what he's up to for Order now either.) While we don't know whether 
Lupin could have gone to Azkaban to discuss events with Sirius, to 
me it seems entirely within Lupin's character not to confront 
Sirius. He just doesn't seem the type to be directly 
confrontational.  Not being able to stand up to his friends is his 
greatest failing--per JKR interview.

Yet, we do see Lupin  quietly stand up to Snape in PoA, and to 
Sirius and Molly in OotP-- but it's a relatively quiet interpersonal 
style. Not something as dramatic as confronting a treacherous and 
imprisoned friend.

Was there more to the backstory at the time of GH? Sirius admits 
Lupin was under suspicion. Was there any reason for this or was it 
just the nature of the times? And if Lupin had wanted to confront 
Sirius, would he have feared--during the dangerous period after LV's 
downfall--being implicated by association with Sirius?

The question of what Lupin's thoughts were following the GH attack 
and whether he wanted to question Sirius are interesting questions. 
Lupin is such a tragic character--like something out of a Bronte 
novel. In one day, he loses his three best friends, and Lily. What 
were Lupin's sad thoughts up to the day he saw Peter Pettigrew on 
the Marauder's Map?And did Lupin feel some guilt over events--why I 
don't know--except that he was certainly keeping secrets about his 
friends for years. And maybe some secrets we don't even know. Yet.

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