Lupin's secrets was Re: Two Wormtails

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 118563


Alla:
> > Who knows, maybe Remus WAS approached by Voldemort agents for 
> > recruitment and maybe he agreed because Dumbledore asked him to. 
I 
> > just think that suspicion of him being a spy must have been 
based 
> on 
> > SOME mistake. Maybe James or Sirius witnessed remus meeting with 
> > suspicious people and mistrust went from there.


Naama: 
> What I have to say relates both to Lupin being a possible spy 
within 
> the DEs group, and to Lupin being a spy within his own group 
(i.e., a 
> traitor):
> 
> IT'S REDUNDANT!!!!
> 
> Apologies for yelling. But really - this is not a spy novel, a Le 
> Carre type of story. What on earth would it add to the STORY to 
> have both Pettigrew and Lupin spies for Voldemort? Or both Snape 
> and Lupin spies for DD? 

Jen: Maybe, as Olivier pointed out in post 118561, we will never 
find out why James/Sirius suspected Lupin of being the spy in the 
Order. Perhaps Lupin's professional work after Hogwarts, and his 
work for the Order, will end up having no bearing on the rest of the 
story. But it's still interesting to speculate.

And there is a mystery component this series, even as I don't 
believe this is ultimately a spy novel. Certainly both sides 
employ 'operatives' whose job it is to infiltrate enemy territory 
and report back information. We have numerous accounts of the DE's 
infiltrating the MOM. It's not beyond belief that Dumbledore also 
has agents who gather information for him, even if they don't 
personally become DE's to do so. 

But yes, most of our speculation *is* redundant at this point. 
Polyjuice, Imperio, traitors, Legilimency/Occlumency--all have been 
done before. Only the spells, situations, etc. JKR invents in future 
books, beyond our own imaginings at this point, will truly be *new*. 

Jen, who hopes for more information about Lupin.