ESE!Lupin condensed and Lupin and Sirius replies

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 147137

Pippin,
You have provided so much information and have thought about your 
theory so completely, it's quite something. What was just an unhappy 
hunch on my part, well you have done all the work, or almost all the 
work. You answered my last concern (how can such a sympathetic 
character as Lupin be the spy?) very completely with the post that 
brought all the pieces together but I would like to explore 
motivation a little further if you don't mind. It seems to me that 
the theory is a little unclear on Lupin's motivation. I know that LV 
offers so many dark creatures the freedoms they've lacked in the WW 
but how can a person who wasn't born a werewolf, who'd been raised 
as a wizard, who was treated with fairness, even kindness by DD, how 
can that person betray that? He's definitely had a miserable 
existence under the leadership of the WW, unable to obtain or hold a 
job (save the year at Hogwarts) but he's also an intelligent person. 
The system he's in stinks, but it's better than the system LV would 
organize, which seems to be just a reign of terror and chaos. Can we 
really see enough motivation for Lupin, just being angry at the 
treatment werewolves have gotten? I know you can come back with guns 
blazing and say "JUST?" but I keep thinking, the alternative to the 
corrupt and horrible racist WW would be no improvement, just 
revenge. Certainly Lupin can't be motivated by revenge only. He's 
smart enough to know LV would and did kill his own family. No one is 
safe with him. It would be the finishing touch of the theory to 
explore motivation a bit more. I have been reading OOTP and 15 year 
old James and Sirius were more than a bit flip about Lupin's 
condition. In the "worst memory" they seemed to think it a fine joke 
to have a werewolf for a friend. I could see Lupin truly resenting 
them but finding in the scheme of things, they were much better than 
any alternative. But is that enough motivation to turn spy? Must 
understand, I find your theory explains a lot. Just need to 
understand the front end a little better. 
Thanks,
Jen D. still wading through the swamp in OOTP.