The intended murder of Pettigrew and moral corruption (Was; Vengeance on Sna

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> catkind:  How about: Lupin in this scene slipped through the 
lines of print to join Sirius in an entirely different and more 
primitive genre of fiction.  
> 
> Think LotR.  Think Alexandre Dumas. This rat has betrayed our 
friend, causing his death. He has to die! In either of those 
settings it would seem perfectly normal.  <

Pippin:
I'm not a Dumas expert, but in The Three Musketeers, the 
protagonists are well aware that they are risking both their 
earthly futures and their immortal souls by taking on the 
(apparently) extra-legal execution of Milady. 

 But there is no such realization in Prisoner of Azkaban until 
Harry articulates it, and when he does, Sirius and Lupin 
immediately concede that he is right -- James would not have 
wanted this. 

Pippin