Why Distrust Lupin

[a_b_desert_king]

No: HPFGUIDX 123795


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> 
> Renee:
> > > If they [James & Sirius] had no particular reason to distrust 
> > > Lupin, the possibility that it *was* Peter ought to have 
> > > crossed their minds. 
> 
> SSSusan:
> FWIW, I agree fully with Renee on this.  This is surely an area 
that 
> JKR is going to flesh out in book 6 or 7.  Whether the friendships 
> among the four marauders began to disintegrate "naturally" post-
> Hogwarts or not, as Carol has suggested, I don't think that could 
> account for James & Sirius suspecting Remus over Peter.  I believe 
> there must have been something else -- an event, a rumor, 
> *something* -- which caused them to have doubts about Lupin's 
> loyalty.

Heather:
Afraid I just cannot see ESE:Lupin (or maybe just don't want 
to...).  Maybe I'm just taking it at face value, but I really think 
the reason PP wasn't suspected as the "rat" is that no one really 
thought he had the intelligence to pull it off.  I can relate 
perfectly to a classmate in University (we are all mature students 
working on our second careers); she appears totally immature, 
flighty and disorganized, but she is making top marks; sometimes 
even *the* top mark in our classes.  Until I saw her marks I fully 
expected her to be a "Christmas grad".  Now I realize that she is 
fully capable. 

I suspect that MPP and Lily truly didn't believe that PP was capable 
of being the informer, thus it had to be one of the two who were 
capable.  Since Sirius was so close to James, the only one left was 
Lupin.

Heather, who may just be totally gullible but can honestly see how 
James and Sirius would be arrogant enough to underestimate tag along 
Peter