Lupin as a metaphor (was: DD and the rat)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 116061


Renee:
> > Not to mention the fact that it makes Sirius' choice of Peter
for a Secret Keeper more tragically ironic if he both distrusted the
 good guy and trusted the bad one. Perhaps it's also my sense 
of tragic irony that rebels against ESE!Lupin. <
>
> Pippin:
> Sirius rejects Peter's plea for mercy and forgives Lupin, who
> murders him. How ironic is that?
>

Renee:
>It wouldn't even be ironic if it were canon, and not conjecture.
Whatever Lupin's status, Peter still remains a traitor; the real
tragedy lies way back. (By the way, Sirius might have had mercy 
on Peter if Peter had asked him forgiveness - which he never 
does.)<

Pippin:

He never gets a chance. Sirius roars him into silence and tells 
him he should have died, then raises his wand to carry out the 
sentence. But  I do find it extremely curious that Peter, who is 
supposed to know a spell that will kill thirteen people at once, 
merely stuns Ron and runs away. No one knew he was there, 
Sirius was present to take the blame just like before...why not 
blow them all up, leave Lupin's wand in Sirius's maimed hand, 
and run for it?

> Renee:
> 
> Sorry, but you're not on. :) We may not find out in Book 6. In
fact, 
> we may not even find out in book Seven. I wouldn't be 
surprised if  the adherents of the ESE!Lupin theory will still be 
able to maintain  they were right at the end of the series: 
ESE!Lupin, though unable  to prevent Voldemort's demise 
despite his clever machinations, has  succeeded in remaining 
undetected and goes on pretending to be the  nice guy while 
secretly plotting to take over the Wizarding World  and establish a 
werewolf dictatorship.<
> 

Pippin:
LOL! No, I expect ESE!Lupin to be outed in Book 7, probably in 
the final chapters. I expect him to die at the hand (literally) of 
redeemed Peter P, who will no doubt perish himself in the task. 
ESE!Lupin is a mystery plot theory, not a textual subversion 
except insofar as it is subversive to try and guess the outcome of 
a mystery story while it is still in progress, and I will cheerfully 
abandon it to AU fanfiction if it doesn't pan out.

I am waiting, as I have been since my initial ESE!Lupin post, for 
someone to show me that it's canonically impossible for Lupin 
to do what I've accused him of doing, and whenever someone 
raises such an objection, I've revised  that part of the theory. But 
the more I search the text, the more clues turn up. Believe me I 
am not such an inventive person as to have imagined all this on 
my own -- but JKR is.

 I make no promises, but I think I will be happy to turn the 
LYCANTHROPE flying hedgehog* loose to scavenge on the 
GARBAGESCOW if I'm completely wrong. Which is entirely 
possible <g>.

Pippin

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