Sirius & Remus post-Hogwarts (was: Snape and McGonagall)
Renee
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Wed Dec 8 20:53:49 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 119517
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman"
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
>
> Carol:
> > When Sirius left Hogwarts, he was distanced from his own family
and
> > had only the Potters, who had informally adopted him. Then
James's
> > parents died or were murdered, and James himself got married and
was
> > presumably less available for risky adventures than he had been
as a
> > schoolboy. They were no longer inseparable companions, especially
> > after James became a father as well as a husband. Sirius must
have
> > used the Order as a surrogate Hogwarts, a new source of
adventures,
> > this time for a good cause but also at much greater risk.
> >
> > But meantime there seems to have been some sort of distancing
> > between him and Remus Lupin, a mutual mistrust that probably had
> > some relation to Lupin's being a werewolf.
>
>
> SSSusan:
> I was with you up to this point, Carol, but unless I'm
> misinterpreting what you mean, I disagree with the last
statement.
> I've got nothing firm upon which to base this, other than how
quickly
> Remus & Sirius forgave one another in the shrieking shack, but I
> really do not believe that any mistrust or distancing on Sirius'
part
> was in relation to Lupin's being a werewolf. Unless by that you
mean
> simply because of his monthly absences they were together less
> often? But I can't imagine the fact of his being a werewolf
having
> caused Sirius to pull away or to doubt Remus.
>
Renee:
Well, I can see how it could have happened. At Hogwarts, the four
friends were protected, there was no immediate external threat and
being Animagi James, Sirus and Peter had nothing to fear from Remus.
After they left school and the war with Voldemort became a reality,
this changed. We're told Voldemort was recruiting all kinds of Dark
Creatures. If the four drifted apart, as seems to be the case,
suspicion could have taken root. Probably it wasn't so much Werewolf!
Remus as DarkCreature!Remus, a potential Voldemort supporter, who
was the object of this suspicion.
There's another factor, though I may be going out on a limb here.
The Prank could have ended in disaster for Remus, too, and even if
Sirius didn't realise this, I'd be surprised if no one pointed it
out to him. I'm not saying Remus must have been furious (improbable,
given his need to be liked) and/or Sirius must have felt terribly
guilty, but things can't have been as easy between them as they used
to be. Maybe an element of inequality crept in - and the balance
wasn't in Sirius's favour. Suspecting Remus would even it out, not
as a conscious decision on Sirius's part, but as the result of a
subconscious wish. Especially if he never properly apologised, and
his attitude in the Shrieking Shack makes me doubt he did.
Of course, if we hear that James and Lily also suspected Remus, this
second interpretation becomes invalid.
Renee
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