Movie PoA Foreshadows Books 6 & 7

[mhbobbin]

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mhbobbin writes:

Further to my own posting and replies from earlier on foreshadowing--

I don't really think that JKR would put a Lily / Remus / James
triangle into the story, if only because it's marketed towards
children. As for dating, in Oop, Sirius and Remus reveal to Harry that
Lily and James started dating some time after the Snape abuse
incident. And no, Remus never goes on about Lily in the books.

In Book PoA, Remus avoids revealing to Harry how close he was to
Harry's parents, and to Sirius Black, until late in the story. And he
does not talk about Lily. But note, for example, in Chapter 10 "The
Marauder's Map", when Harry tells Lupin he could hear Voldemort
murdering his mum, "Lupin made a sudden motion with his arm as though
to grip Harry's shoulder, but thought better of it."  This is typical
of Lupin's emotional behavior around Harry. It is unique to Lupin.

But there is a wild theory out there that prior to being killed, James
Potter did a switching spell with Remus, so that Remus was bizarrely
in James' body and murdered, and James was stuck in Remus's body with
all that implies, including werewolf transformations.

What would support the idea of a switching spell is that we know that
at the time of their deaths, it was known that there was a double
agent in the Potters' circle of friends. Remus thought it was Sirius.
Sirius thought it was Remus. They apologize to one another in the
Shrieking Shack. No one thought it was Pettigrew.  Apparently, we
should deduce that James did not believe the informer was Sirius as he
entrusted the secret to Sirius. But did he also obtain additional
insurance by switchng with Remus without telling Sirius? Thus not
really determining which of his best friends was the traitor?

Against the switching spell: it's a wild theory and makes my head
hurt. But would Remus, if he was really James, allow Sirius to take on
the father role with Harry as he does until his apparent death?

Although I haven't  bought into the Switching Spell, it is a theory
that is out there. And Remus is keeping some interesting secret still,
and that is reinforced by the film scenes.

As for the film, Steve Kloves is very respectful of the material, and
I don't think he would  stray far from the material without consulting
with JKR to be sure he doesn't mislead. The exposition that's left out
of the film can always be put in later. But taking us in the wrong
direction would be hard to fix.

Any comments on my comments on Dementors or Stonehenge foreshadowing?