A bit of evil Lupin

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 165345


> Alla:
> 
> Lupin was suspected because he was a spy is not in my view a 
> straightforward interpretation, because by that token Sirius should 
> have been a spy as well. I do not remember any support for the idea 
> that there was more reason to suspect Lupin than Sirius.

Pippin:
Evidently James thought there was, because he didn't think Sirius
was the spy.

Alla:
> And Peter did not sow distrust against Marauders? Peter, who fooled 
> everybody? Peter, who framed Sirius so brilliantly? I disagree. 

Pippin:
Peter didn't frame Sirius by sowing distrust against him, he framed
Sirius by accusing him openly, an accusation Sirius might have
refuted if he'd kept his wits.  It only worked because Sirius's laughter
was taken as both proof and confession.

How could Peter be sure that would happen?

Peter wasn't brilliant, he was lucky.

If Peter was telling people before GH that Sirius wasn't to be trusted,
James would scarcely have expected him to be party to the secret
keeper switch.

> 
> Alla:
> 
> Didn't JKR say that Wormtail was in fact using Voldemort's wand? ( 
> Don't remember for sure)

Pippin:
Argh! What I meant to say is that there's unequivocal evidence
that the wand that killed Cedric is not the one Peter used to bind
Harry. I can't think of an uncomplicated way to resolve this, given
that  the wand images are correct and that JKR said Wormtail killed 
Cedric using Voldemort's wand is correct. But who says the solution 
has to be uncomplicated? 

What I'm getting at is that once you acknowledge the existence of a 
mystery in canon, the assumption that the apparent solution is 
incorrect and the actual solution is probably complicated  is
straightforward. When have we had a mystery resolved where the
real solution wasn't more complex than the apparent one?

Pippin
agreeing with Alla that betting Lupin is not evil is bold