Sirius & Remus post-Hogwarts (was: Snape and McGonagall)

Renee R.Vink2 at chello.nl
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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