Lupin Loved Lily

[snow15145]

No: HPFGUIDX 99693

Snow (me) wrote:

A bit more exposed to Lupin's character in the upcoming movie than in
the book. They may have let the cat out of the bag a bit early. Go to
this site, scroll down to trailer that says "I recognized you
immediately"
>snip<

vmonte responds:

A few months ago I posted that I thought that Lupin had been in love
with Lily and that he acted strangely to Harry's comments about the
voices he heard at Godric's Hollow (Harry's dementor encounter).

Lupin says to Harry: "You heard your father?" I don't think that
James was at GH.

Snow again:
Could be
that's kind of what I was thinking when I saw that clip from 
the new movie. It puts Lupin in a not so good light though if you 
look at the first Patronus lesson with him. After Harry's second 
attempt at the charm, he announced to Lupin that it was getting worse 
and he could here his mother louder that time and Voldemort. Lupin 
looked paler than usual. Lupin then tells Harry that if he doesn't 
want to proceed he would understand.
The next attempt, the one you referred to, is followed by Harry's 
announcement that he heard his father. Lupin's reaction this time 
is: "You heard James?" said Lupin in a "strange" voice." Again, Lupin 
asks Harry if perhaps they should leave it for another night. Lupin 
goes on to say that the charm is too advanced and that maybe he 
shouldn't have suggested it. Harry's final attempt produced a huge, 
silver shadow – when Lupin steps in and roared Riddikulus and ends 
the session. Why does Lupin appear to be afraid of what Harry hears  
next?


I had a very bad feeling that Lupin was acting strangely here 
(looking paler ect.) like he was afraid of Harry possibly hearing 
something he didn't want him to. Also his constant attempts at ending 
the lessons, and at one point ending them all together. What does 
Lupin know about that night at Godric's Hollow? 

Two scenarios' come to mind. The first is the not so good one where 
Lupin really wasn't to be trusted for whatever James and Sirius' 
reasons were for not making him secret keeper. Maybe Lupin loved Lily 
so much and saw an opportunity to get rid of James and Harry but save 
Lily, hence the move aside you silly girl option was made by 
Voldemort at Lupin's request. The second is that Lupin's voice is the 
one Harry actually heard and not James during the Patronus lessons. 
But then why would Lupin have been at Godric's Hollow? No matter 
which way I view this, it doesn't look that good for Lupin. Even in 
the best-case scenario Lupin would have had to at the very least 
dipped his feet into the bad guy pool or at least got them wet.  


Maybe you can come up with a way in which Lupin loved Lily but didn't 
turn out to be the bad guy, given the patronus lessons scene.
 
Snow