Who was responsible for Sirius' death? ...

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 167715


> Neri:
 
> Fenrir Greyback attacked Hogwarts as a DE, one of a DEs squad, in an
> operation planned by DEs, not by werewolves. The werewolves cannot be
> blamed for Greyback's actions. We know of many more DEs who are *not*
> werewolves than the one who is. 

Pippin:
You're speaking of DE's and werewolves as if they were mutually
exclusive categories. They're not. It would be like saying AIDS patients
can't be Republicans. 

BTW, we have no way of knowing who's a werewolf and who's
not, except for those characters whose whereabouts are accounted for
on the full moon. We also don't know how many present day DE's
are werewolves. For all we know, Lupin spent the Mysterious Interval
training the young wizards bitten by Fenrir and there's now a 
whole cadre of werewolf dark wizards at Voldemort's 
disposal. And of course they would be just as capable of pulling off DE
attacks in their human form as any other wizard is. Voldie may
not need his pureblood followers anymore

Just a theory, but it casts ESE!Snape in a rather poor light by 
comparison. All those years that he could have been recruiting young
Slytherins to the Dark Arts, just as Voldemort did when he was at
Hogwarts, and what does Snape have to show for it? Fifteen years
of information? In the words of the immortal Nero Wolfe, pfui!

Neri:
> Besides, Lupin at least never brags about being an agent, he never
> uses it as an excuse to slither away from battle, and Order members
> don't risk their lives or die so Lupin can maintain his cover. 

Pippin:
Perhaps Lupin doesn't brag about being an agent because he
knows he's not a very good one. He does use it as an excuse for
not writing to Harry and for rejecting Tonks. As for
claiming no Order members have died or been placed
at risk on Lupin's account, that seems a bold statement when we
still don't know how Sirius died or whether Fenrir escaped.
Wanna bet?

Pippin