Lupin is Ever So Evil, Part Two--The Spy (LONG)

[Nathaniel]

No: HPFGUIDX 130664


Pippin said:
> But we have multiple grounds to think that Lupin might 
> be involved with the Death Eaters: not only Snape, but 
> also Sirius and even Hermione(!) have entertained the 
> idea. None of the evidence is direct, but  once again, 
> all JKR has to do is connect the dots.

Nathaniel here:
Snape has a history of incorrectly suspecting those he dislikes.  One 
such instance is when he suspected James of being involved in the 
prank.  However, Dumbledore and Sirius both say James was not 
involved and neither mentions the involvement (or lack thereof) for 
Lupin. Another instance is when Snape accused Harry of stealing 
potion ingredients.  We, the reader, know for a fact he never did.  
They were stolen by Dobby and Barty Crouch Jr.  Clearly, Snape's 
suspicions are not always spot on.

As for Sirius, we don't really know how much he entertained the idea 
that Lupin was a spy. But it does seem unlikely that he had had more 
than just vague suspicions, or he wouldn't have so quickly come to 
the conclusion that Peter was the spy. 

Hermione does not particularly seem to believe that Lupin is evil 
either.  If she did, she would not have kept that fact that he's a 
werewolf a secret.  And although she shouts out that Lupin has been 
helping Sirius, one must remember the context.  At the time in the 
novel, Lupin has just embraced Sirius (who Harry, Ron, Hermione, and 
the reader for that matter) are all told is evil.  But Hermione drops 
her suspiscions of Lupin like a hot potato when the story comes out.  
Hermiones suspiscion of has everything to do with Lupin's friendship 
to Sirius and nothing to do with anything overtly evil has done. 
Since Sirius has been exonerated, in Hermione's eyes Lupin has been 
too.  She is hardly evidence of an Ever So Evil Lupin.

-Nathaniel