Why Do You Like Sirius?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 123256


Naama wrote:
> > 
> > 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 replied:
> 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.


Carol responds:
I've suggested before that after Hogwarts, the Marauders became
increasingly distanced from one another. No more running around with a
werewolf when the moon was full--Remus probably hid himself away
somewhere and suffered (or the terrible alternative, he ran around
unsupervised and wreaked havoc). There was no Shrieking Shack to hide
in so maybe he lived with his parents. James and Sirius would have
roomed together for awhile but then James got married and his
interests and behavior changed. Sirius was still the *best* friend--he
best man at the wedding and the only one of the three present at
Harry's baptism, not to mention being Harry's godfather. I can see a
little jealousy on the part of the other two creeping in. Peter
*might* have made the most of any developing tension between Sirius
and Remus. It would have been in his interest to do so once he had
become a spy. Whether Peter had to earn a living, I don't know, but
Lupin must have tried, undergoing an exhausting and humiliating
struggle to find and keep job after job, losing each one when his
identity was discovered and being turned down for new jobs as his
condition became known. Sirius could not possibly have understood or
sympathized, and most likely Remus kept his mouth shut. The only
remaining bond would be the Order, and we don't know how often it met
or how active they were or whether they even worked together. IMO, the
four-way friendship was bound to disintegrate after Hogwarts. By the
time of Harry's birth, it appears to have been already strained. 

Just some random thoughts, but if I try to organize them I'll go into
too much detail and no one will respond. At any rate, like Renee, I
find Naama's scenario too simple though it may well prove to be all we
get.

Carol