Lupin's Spying, WAS: Snape, Hagrid, and Sirius Black

[unlikelyauthor]

No: HPFGUIDX 148397


<snip>
> a_svirn:
> But McGonagall wasn't "listing off the Marauders", she was telling 
> a thrilling tale of true friendship and betrayal, and from where 
> she stood Lupin simply did not feature in it. For the simple 
> reason that he didn't take his part in the final showdown. Which, 
> in turn, poses another question: just why didn't he take his part 
> in it? 
> 
> Betsy Hp:
> > He's strangely weak, caving into peer pressure with disturbing
> > ease.  And yet, he spends most of PoA making subtle little digs 
> > at Snape.  So he's not totally controlled by a need to be liked.
> 
> a_svirn:
> But where do you see the contradiction? He could hardly indulge an 
> idle hope of being liked by Snape, could he? And by "making subtle 
> little digs" he won almost universal admiration at his expense. 
>
<snip>
> Betsy Hp:
> > And again (and most disturbingly) why was he willing to let
> > Harry die rather than share the secrets of dead or traitorous
> > friends?
> 
> a_svirn:
> Yes, I agree, this is one thing which is quite impossible to 
> explain away. <snip>


unlikely2:

I wonder if you've seen this: 
http://community.livejournal.com/hp_essays/110286.html

While swythyv may be overstating the issue, elements of such a 
mindset may well inform Lupin's behaviour. It doesn't need to be 
true all the time for Lupin to believe it and feel guilty about 
resenting it. Maybe Lupin is as messed-up as Snape. 

unlikely2