Why Do You Like Sirius?

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 123270


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.


Carol:
> 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....

SSSusan:
Whoa!  How do you come to the conclusion that Sirius could not 
**possibly** have understood or sympathized with Remus?  That seems 
an awfully strong statement.  Are you basing this upon the 
interaction we see between Sirius & Remus in the pensieve scene?  

Siriusly Snapey Susan