James the Berk?

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No: HPFGUIDX 106047

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_reader2003" <carolynwhite2 at a...> wrote:
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> Perhaps at the time of the Shrieking Shack Fudge might have been just 
> entering the MoM, at about Percy's age? Would it take him 5-6 yrs to 
> become a Junior Minister? But he may have known of a Ministry 
> decision to let DD deal with this situation at the school, and not 
> intervene. After all, a lot of people in officialdom would have 
> needed to know that a werewolf was being taught there - it would 
> expose their decision as foolish if anyone got hurt. And we know they 
> are fully capable of gagging the press if they want to.
> 

Kneasy:
Just to interject:
I have no direct evidence, just inferences, but I believe

1. The Ministry did not know that there was a werewolf student at the
school and that there is no "Remus Lupin" entered in the Werewolf Register.

2. "Remus Lupin" is not his real name, but a nom de guerre, nom de 
plume, nom de chien or whatever you may wish to call it, assumed
when he entered Hogwarts.

3. This being so DD *had* to keep it quiet.

4. His true identity may be a key factor in the story.

I've posted this before. I'll try and dig out the post number.

>Carolyn: 
> And as many have speculated, I could easily see this DD/MoM cover-up 
> being a trigger to turn the furious teenage Snape into a Voldy-
> supporter as an initial way of getting revenge. Something brought him 
> back later, but at the time, I can see DD handling him just as badly 
> as he has Harry on other occasions. Yet another slip-up.
> 

Kneasy:
Quite possible. For a teacher of many years standing DD is not very
clever when it comes to dealing with the awkward squad.
And my original question remains - What made Snape trust DD after
Shrieking Shack I?