[HPforGrownups] Re: /ESE!lupin questions (long)
Sherry Gomes
sherriola at earthlink.net
Mon Jan 9 02:58:17 UTC 2006
No: HPFGUIDX 146126
> Pippin:
> I don't think Dumbledore discussed the prophecy with Sirius at all.
> Dumbledore says that the blame lies with him and him alone that
> Harry did not know that Voldemort might try to lure him to the DoM.
Christina:
Which also makes sense without ESE!Lupin, considering the fact that
Dumbledore is the one regulating the amount of information that Harry
gets.
Sherry now:
i think the answer to how Sirius and Lupin knew the prophecy is so obvious
and easy to understand. I believe Alla mentioned it last night, but i will
again. i am sure that James and Lily would have told Sirius about the
prophecy. possibly Lupin as well. We don't know if the potters suspected
Lupin, only that Sirius did. however, if James and lily were making Sirius
their son's guardian, I can't imagine that they would not have told him
everything, in order for him to have the full picture, so he could protect
Harry from danger if anything happened to them. it could also explain part
of why Sirius thought using peter as secret keeper would be a good idea.
Another way to try to send Voldemort off the track of the potters. more
urgency with baby Harry so much at risk.
> Pippin:
> I think at the heart of things is a choice Harry will make: to
> recognize that a person he likes as much as Lupin could fall into
> evil, along with a choice to recognize that a person he hates as
> much as Snape could turn to good.
Christina:
I have similar thoughts to yours, but I think that Harry must learn
that even people who are nice can do bad things, while people who are
mean can do good things. Snape comes in as an example for the latter
(IMO), while examples from the former include pretty much all of our
good guys (James comes to mind as a biggie).
sherry now:
I don't think Harry needs to learn that lesson again. He's already been
betrayed by people he liked or trusted. On a purely emotional level, i
can't stand the idea of Harry's last connection to his parents and Sirius
turning out to be evil. When the war is over and Voldemort vanquished, i
want Harry to be able to listen to Marauder stories and stories of his
parents life together, his months of life before Voldemort killed his
parents. For even deeper emotional reasons, because of the resonance with
which the marauders story touched my heart, I want there to be one marauder
still standing at the end. Standing and happy at last, standing for James
and lily and Sirius. Harry needs that, i think. he doesn't need anymore
betrayals. One last connection to his parents and Sirius, in the end, when
he's all done being a hero who needs to go it alone.
Sherry
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