Why Do You Like Sirius?

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 122521


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "naamagatus" <naama_gat at h...> 
wrote:
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Renee" <R.Vink2 at c...> wrote:
> > 
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Magda Grantwich 
> > <mgrantwich at y...> wrote:
> > 
> > Magda
> > > The backstory about the Prank that we lack concerns the 
relations
> > > between Snape and Sirius; JKR has said this.  We've got all 
the 
> > info
> > > we need about the relations between Sirius and Remus.
> > > 
> > 
> > Renee:
> > I'm not sure we do. We still don't know why exactly Sirius 
thought 
> > Remus was the spy. And we don't know if Remus thought Sirius was 
> the 
> > spy before or after Halloween '81, or both. I'll be disappointed 
if 
> > those questions aren't answered in the last two books.

Naama:
> 
> I've said this before and haven't received a reply, so I really 
hope 
> that this time someone will respond:
> 
> Sirius (and James) suspected Lupin because they were forced to. DD 
> told James that someone close to him was a traitor. James had to 
> choose between his three best friends - not a lot of choice there. 
> One he trusts as a brother (Sirius) and one he can't (tragically) 
> take seriously enough to see as a threat (Pettigrew). Lupin is the 
> spy by default. In the same way, after James' and Lily's death, 
Lupin 
> is forced into believing Sirius guilty (I'm assuming that Lupin 
> wasn't in the know about the spy thing before). I don't think 
there 
> is any evidence that the breakdown of trust between them had any 
> other sources.
> 
> 
Renee:
Well, I'll try, though I don't have much to come up with by way of 
an answer, except that it does seem possible. Unfortunately, if this 
were the case, it would make James and Sirius even more short-
sighted than I thought they were. If they had no particular reason 
to distrust Lupin, the possibility that it *was* Peter ought to have 
crossed their minds. Also, I hope you don't mind if I find this 
scenario too undramatic to be appealing, though this doesn't 
necessarily speak against it.