Lupin and James

[Susan]

No: HPFGUIDX 99838


> 
> Susan: 
> > But Siriusly, I agree with whoever (so sorry, I can't find that 
post) 
> > said that it would be unbelievably cruel for one of Harry's 
parents 
> > to be alive all this time.  To leave Harry with the Dursleys, to 
let 
> > him grow up with no friends, no loved ones, no support, only for 
him 
> > to find out that one of his parents was alive the whole time 
would be 
> > enough, IMO, to send anyone over the edge of sanity!  Plus, once 
LV 
> > became Vapor!Mort (I love that one) what would be the point?  The 
> > entire wizarding community's celebrating, LV doesn't get any of 
his 
> > strength back until Harry's 11, why hide for ten peaceful 
years?!  
> > Why not enjoy watching Harry grow up, and then, when LV comes 
back, 
> > go into hiding, especially now that Harry's _relatively_ safe at 
> > Hogwart's under DD's protection?
> > 
> 
> Kneasy:
> This Switching Spell  stuff is a bit of a frost so far as I'm 
concerned.
> So far as canon goes it's used to swaps bits of things, not entire 
bodies.
> If it worked as the theory describes, why hasn't Voldy used it? 
Bloody
> sight better than being stuck above Quirrell's  back collar stud.
> Transfiguration is unlikely to  work either. James might *look* 
like Lupin
> but does that mean he'd be a werewolf too? I doubt it; he'd be a 
surface
> copy, he'd have to get bitten by a werewolf to carry it off 
convincingly.
> 
> And as you say, what would be the point? James wasn't Voldy's 
target,
> was he? Why hide? No point at all that I can see. He'd need a damn
> good reason to hide away for 12 years. OK, I can come up with
> some fanciful ideas - James as coward; James as Voldy's helper; 
James
> as Lily's murderer - but I can't work up any enthusiasm for them.
> 
> Hmm. I don't know though... Have to think about this. Murderer, eh?
> I wnder...
> 
Susan now:
Plus, if James was alive all this time, then he would have known that 
Sirius didn't murder him, because obviously, if Sirius murdered him, 
he'd be dead.  And he'd also of course know that it was Peter and not 
Sirius who was the traitor.  If James were still alive, I doubt he'd 
let one of his best friends spend 12 years in a horrible prison for a 
crime he obviously didn't commit.

However, in light of all the ESE! theories, I often find myself 
thinking that if someone besides Peter knew that Sirius didn't betray 
the Potters, this person could still believe that Sirius did indeed 
murder Peter (and inadvertantly the muggles)as an act of revenge, 
which would mean that Sirius would still have ended up in prison.  So 
that would fit nicely with an ESE!Lupin, or especially a wishy-washy!
Lupin, and he wouldn't have to feel guilty for letting his friend rot 
in prison for 12 years because he could still think him guilty of 
murder.   I've often thought about that in the context of an 
Imperio'd!Sirius.  Anyone who knew him and knew him to be best 
friends with James could buy the fact that he may have been 
imperio'd, but he'd still be guilty of Peter's murder.

Susan, who obviously thinks about Sirius way too much :-)