Lupin's falsehoods (was: Lupin and Sirius and being single)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 164197

Carol:
> Not being an ESE!Lupin advocate (I think that Lupin is perfectly
> sincere when he tells Black that Harry has the right to know the truth
> about Pettigrew, 350), I'm not sure what to make of all these lies and
> half-truths, only that they cast doubt on the truth of Lupin's various
> statements about Snape (other than "superb Occlumens," which is backed
> by canon) and about himself.
> 
> Carol, hoping that someone else will examine Lupin's remarks in OoP
> and HBP to see whether they, too, show signs of evasiveness or deception
>

Pippin:
If James was stealing spells from the Prince's book, how could Lupin 
know so little about it?  He never says he doesn't know who the
Prince is, only that there's no wizarding royalty, and that it certainly wasn't
James. Then he sends Harry on a wild-goose chase by suggesting Harry
look at the publication date. Hmm...

Also, Lupin says he couldn't write to Harry because he was off on
secret missions, but that doesn't explain why he told Harry to keep in
touch at the end of OOP, and then didn't write to him even to say he'd be
unavailable for a while. We know he didn't leave immediately because
he was around for Harry's birthday party.

Then there's Lupin's boggart, still described as a silvery orb in OOP,
not a full moon as he implied in PoA, and his apparent inability 
to do the riddikulus spell.

There's the look he and Sirius exchange when they start to tell Harry
what's going on in OOP -- clearly they're warning each other not to
say too much, but are they hiding things only from Harry or from 
other Order members as well? 

Pippin
wondering how people can continue to trust Lupin even after they've
agreed that he's a liar