Lupin as double agent (was Lupin as metaphor)

[guzuguzu]

No: HPFGUIDX 137125

Pippin brought up an interesting theory: that Lupin may have helped 
Greyback escape from Hogwarts. We don't hear anything about Grayback 
after he was petrified, so there's no canon either way. 

We know that Dumbledore sent Lupin on his double agent mission. Pippin, 
are you theorizing that Lupin had already been a double agent working 
for the werewolves, or that Dumbledore's mission backfired, and Lupin 
was seduced to the other side? Do you think Lupin is loyal to 
Voldemort, or just to Grayback? I got the feeling that Grayback was 
loyal to himself, not Voldemort, and that Voldemort was just offering 
him the better deal, so that's where he was. 

If we want to stay away from ESE!Lupin, we could theorize that he 
helped Grayback escape only to maintain his status as double agent to 
the werewolves (sort of a parallel to the "Did Snape really do what he 
seemed to do" theories). Definitely food for thought! 

guz