Lupin Loved Lily

[earendil_fr]

No: HPFGUIDX 99707

Wanda wrote:
> Maybe you're right about it not being James's voice that Harry was 
> hearing.  It would go some way to explaining one thing - why DIDN'T 
> Lily flee?  If the idea was for James to hold off Voldemort long 
> enough to give her time to escape (which is what I assumed 
> happened), how come she didn't grab Harry and run?  But while she 
> might have listened to James telling her to go, she could have had 
> the opposite impulse if *someone else* were telling her to.  Or if 
> someone else were there that she trusted - then it might be a case 
> of "James needs me!  You take Harry!" while she ran to help James.  
> And what then?  Did the person she trusted actually betray them, 
and 
> leave Harry to Voldemort's mercies? But it's hard for me to fit 
> Lupin into these lurid scenarios - he just doesn't seem like a 
> Rowling villain. I think it's more likely Peter was there, to see 
> the successful completion of his treachery (and be immediately 
> rewarded by LV), and she might have been screaming when she 
realized 
> that he had betrayed them all.
> 
> Wanda

Earendil:

I totally agree with you. If someone else than James was at GH, it 
couldn't be Lupin.

We know from PoA that Sirius thought Lupin to be the traitor, and 
adviced James and Lily to choose Peter as their Keeper (which means 
they both knew who their Keeper was since *they* were the one who 
*chose* him). It would be logical for Sirius to share his doubts 
about Lupin with them, since he thought trusting Lupin would endanger 
his friends' lives.

So at the time of GH, James and Lily think Lupin shouldn't be trusted 
and was (possibly) a traitor. I don't think Lupin would have been 
welcome at GH back then - not to mention he wasn't supposed to know 
the location.

So if, according to your suggestion Wanda, Lily trusted Harry to 
someone else and then she went back to help James, it couldn't be 
Lupin. It couldn't be Peter either: after facing LV I doubt she would 
have put much faith in their Secret Keeper...

OTOH, I don't think Lily trusted Harry to anyone. First, having just 
discovered they were betrayed and being under LV's attack, I think 
she wouldn't trust *anyone* at that point (with the possible 
exception of DD). Second, she died protecting Harry, so she had to be 
the one with Harry.

As for Lily not fleeing... Maybe someone blocked the way out while 
James fought LV...

Earendil.