Lupin and Legilimency: Why Wait to Reveal?

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Jen Reese:

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So let's say for argument's sake that canon supports Legilimens!
Lupin. Why wait to tell Harry and the readers?
 
One strong possibility is we're going to hear more backstory about 
Lupin in the next two books, like where exactly he went after 
Hogwarts, why his best friends suspected he was the spy, and how he 
became an expert in DADA. If this is true, then it makes sense we 
will hear about becoming a Legilimens in the context of Lupin's 
magical development post-Hogwarts.
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Alla:

Jen, this is all your fault :-), but I am indeed posting my 
speculation, which I raised earlier but in a bit different aspect.

If Lupin is indeed a Legilimenc and I am finally convinced that it 
is likely, I think it is possible that he was one of the 
Dumbledore's spies during those twelve years we know nothing about.

It is also a possibility, IMO, that he started spying during 
Voldemort's first rise and one of the reasons why James and Sirius 
suspected him. Who knows, maybe they spotted him in the company of 
suspected DE or something.

I do think that we will discover that Snape was not the only spy.

After all dear Fudge in PoA says  that "Dumbledore , who was of 
course working tirelessly against You-Know-Who, had a number of 
useful spies" - PoA, p.204, paperback.

So, if Dumbledore had  many spies I think it is reasonable to assume 
that we will be introduced to at least one more of them and for 
quite some time Remus stroke me as  a very good candidate for that.


Just my opinion,

Alla