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

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No: HPFGUIDX 119586


> Carol responds:
And Sirius has never really treated Remus as an equal, disdainfully
informing him in the Pensieve scene that *he* (Sirius) doesn't need 
to study for the Transfiguration OWL, and of course disregarding the
consequences to Remus if his "Prank" had been successful.

Alla:

I disagree with the assumption that Sirius informing Remus that he 
did not need to study equals him never treating Remus as an equal. I 
see it as normal bragging of one friend to another.

And I won't start ranting about how much we don't know about the 
Prank yet again, I won't ... :o)

 

Carol:

Even Sirius, who has been living with James, is distanced from him a 
bit because of his marriage, but he (jealously?) maintains his tie 
with James to an extent that the others don't. He is the best man; he 
is the baby's godfather. Remus and Peter aren't even invited to the 
baptism.

Alla:

We don't know the reasons of Remus and Peter absence. It could be 
that they were invited, but were unable to attend (Order business, 
for example)


Carol:
 I still see estrangement between Remus and the others as early as
fifteen months before Godric's Hollow and possibly before.
Estrangement leads to suspicion. And once it becomes known that
there's a traitor in the Order and the Order members are being "picked
off one by one" by the Death Eaters, who better to suspect than an
unhappy and disenfranchised werewolf? And once it becomes clear that
the traitor is someone close to James, someone who isn't his beloved
Sirius, the identity becomes certain--at least in Sirius's eyes. And
either he has enough influence, and apparently enough evidence, to
convince both James and Lily, or they already suspect Remus
themselves. Otherwise they would never have made Peter the Secret
Keeper, no matter how loyal and innocent he seemed, and particularly
since his perceived incompetence was hardly a desirable trait in a
Secret Keeper, Sirius's reasoning to the contrary.


Alla:

Hmmm, I agree that estrangement must have started earlier and for 
some specific reason. I very strongly doubt that said reason was the 
fact that Remus was a werewolf. Again, no matter how their 
relationship changed, I don't think that James and Sirius suddenly 
become prejudiced against werewolves.

I still think that Sirius' reasoning was not idiotic when he offered 
Peter as secret keeper , because Lily, who would not just agree to 
anything Marauders offered, but clearly thought on her own quite 
well, went along with the plan. (I hope Nora forgives me from 
rehashing her  idea again - I cannot help it. I share her reasoning 
on too many issues and she writes MUCH better than me. :o))