Why distrust Lupin? was: Why Do You Like Sirius?

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Casey wrote: 
> I don't believe in ESE!Remus, but I just can't get past the fact 
> that he didn't tell Dumbledore that Sirius was an anamagus. 
> Especially after he broke into the Gryffindor common room.


Carol adds:
That's not all he was concealing. He knew that Sirius knew how to get
into the Shrieking Shack and could well be hiding there, and he knew
that Sirius knew many different secret passageways into and out of
Hogwarts. But Sirius broke in twice, first slashing the fat Lady's
portrait and then obtaining the passwords and slashing Ron's
bedcurtains, and Lupin said nothing. And he kept the Marauder's Map
rather than turning it in to Dumbledore.

I don't believe in ESE!Lupin, but I do believe in weak and, in this
case, cowardly Lupin. He should have told Dumbledore what he knew at
the first opportunity, but the longer he waited, the harder it became.
And if you keep putting something off, it will never get done.

Was he protecting himself or Sirius? did he even know his own
motivation? surely Sirius's actions were those of a vicious would-be
murderer? He did not act, as DD says so understatedly, like an
innocent man. *We* know that Sirius was innocent of betraying the
Potters and killing Peter (but not of wanting to murder him), but
Lupin could not have known that. He ought to have spoken and he didn't.

Like Casey, I can't get past that, but unlike Pippin, I have no
explanation. Not wantng to lose Dumbledore's trust and approval just
won't do. The longer he waited, the less DD's trust in him was justified.

Carol