Lupin's Motives? (was Re: Lupin was the spy)

[Brenda]

No: HPFGUIDX 102844

Ahh, another ESE!Lupin post!!  Awesome.


>>> Snow wrote: It is quite possible that Sirius assumed that James 
switched to Peter as secret keeper but that Lily may have questioned 
Sirius' loyalty, to herself and James, because of this last minute 
request. Lily feeling suspicious of Sirius' behavior could have 
suggested to James that they should rethink their position and 
entrust Lupin instead so that Sirius wouldn't know whom the secret 
keeper actually was in case Lily's suspicions were correct. <<<

This will definitely explain the bridge scene from Prisoner of 
Azkaban movie.  Did anyone else think the movie Lupin didn't appear 
to be all that innocent and decent as he is in the books??


>>> Rebecca wrote: If Sirius *had* been the spy, this would have been 
a pretty good plan from his view. He convinces them to switch to 
Peter, tells Voldemort this, Voldemort breaks Peter, then if someone 
presses Sirius about this later, he can *truthfully* say he wasn't 
the secret-keeper. AND if Lily or James happened to survive, they'd 
back him up. <<<

VERY NICE!!! Didn't think of that!


>>> Rebecca wrote: (perhaps they were less suspicious of him that 
Sirius was--which begs the question, why was Sirius more suspicious 
of Lupin than he was of Peter?). <<<

Bren:

That really puzzles me too, even after all the ESE!Lupin talk.

The thing about ESE!Lupin theory that bugs me is -- what does Lupin 
gain by all this? I was under the impression that Voldemort & co. 
hated *half*... EVERYTHING. True, VM might have been the only one who 
knew of Lupin's true ally (so DEs' hatred of half-humans wouldn't 
matter), but I can't imagine Voldemort welcoming Lupin with open 
arms. Although, who would say NO to someone willing to spy one's 
enemy (ie. the Order)? But I thought Lupin feared that his friends 
would left him. He wanted to be liked, very badly. He couldn't have 
his Prefect authority over them. Sure, he might not want all that 
now, but 15 years ago I think he still did. So what made him decide 
to betray his friends? The only friends who accepted him for who he 
is, not what he is. Is Lupin that indecent? Or is it in the nature of 
Werewolves to be that foul? Maybe Werewolves are natural allies with 
Dementors and VM. And maybe Lupin is torn between his human feelings 
and werewolf instinct. If so, he's keeping a very good charade for 
someone who's tormented inside.


>>> Rebecca (who's wondering, with all this talk of ESE!Lupin, where
Pippin has been this week) <<<

Hahahaha, yeah, where *is* Pippin?  I would love to see her input on 
oh-so-ambiguous Lupin and his motives.

Bren