Will there be an ESE!character in Book 7? (was:How to contstruct an ESE!plot

[lucianam73]

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> 
> Betsy Hp:
> I'm curious, how many people on this list think a character will be 
> revealed as ESE in book 7?  I've always assumed that JKR will throw in 
> an all mighty twist and have someone that Harry trusted turn out to be 
> ESE. 
(snipped) 
> That book 7 will consist of a scavenger hunt broken up 
> by a melee or two and a final showdown between Harry and Voldemort. 
> (Oh, a bit on Snape.)  Am I right about this, or are there others 
> still expecting a few more twists?
> 
>

Lucianam:

I think some major revelations are needed in Book 7, else it won't be
a satisfying end for the series.

Of course it'll have its own subplot (if we consider each book's plot
a a subplot in The Great Scheme or The Great Plot Developing
Throughout All Seven Books), and it seems to be the Horcrux hunt
thing. I don't think Snape's storyline will be solely capable of
sustaining Book 7, as it is NOT a subplot in the way the Triwizard
Tournament and the Re-opening of the Chamber were subplots, but rather
a part of the Big Plot.

And as the Big Plot is concerned, there's a lot missing, so I'd expect
  its secrets to be revealed in the last book. 

I'm partial to the ESE!Lupin theory, because not only it fits in the
Big Plot (I remember reading in one of Pippin's posts, what is the
excuse for two good grown ups around Harry? It's more logical if one
of them is evil) but also because Lupin's lines are often dubious, or
made seem so by some comment the author adds, AND Tonks was really out
of character in HBP. Amortentia is what immediately comes to mind.

I usually don't comment for ESE!Lupin because Pippin always does, and
since I agree with most of it there isn't much for me to post. But I
find the possibility of Lupin having murdered Sirius very interesting,
because it fits the events of the DoM battle very well. I still can't
see what his reasons could be, though.

In the Death Room a jet of green light nearly misses Sirius, as he and
Harry duck from it; both being right across the room from Tonks. Tonks
falls down, presumably struck by Bellatrix's spell. We're not told who
shot the jet of green light, perhaps there's loads of them flying
around, perhaps it's a purposeful AK sent by someone. Perhaps Tonks,
who was right across the room, saw who was that someone. A few minutes
later, Sirius falls through the veil, struck by a second jet of light,
the color of which is famously not known, and JKR never says it was
Bellatrix's curse anyway. Lupin is around immediately, to hold Harry
back and keep him from going after Sirius.

If we pay attention to Lupin's location, well, if he is truly ESE! he
could very well be the author of the second jet of light, the one that
hit Sirius squarely in the chest. And if he did that, wouldn't he be
the more plausiblke suspect of the FIRST jet of light, the green one
Harry and Sirius had to duck? If so, it's likely Tonks saw him, and
there you have a very good reason for feeding her Amortentia. A person
caught in the web of infatuation and obssession very likely would
never tell anyone the object of her passion is a murderer.

I like ESE!Lupin theory because it fits into canon very well, and it
would be a fantastic plot twist for the end of the series. It would
give Lupin a purpose in the present plot. I hate to think the
Marauders were only created for the sake of the Prank and as a
"environment" for Snape, so that the remaining Marauders were left to
hang around like bothersome psychos who are better off dead (not MY
opinion) or kindly professors who don't do a thing for three books in
a row. Isn't Wormtail lucky he has a Wizard's Debt to Harry, so he has
a plot excuse for his existance beyond the graveyard scene in GoF?

Lucianam