Snape - a werewolf bigot?? Was: Say it isn't so Lupin!!!

[wynnleaf]

No: HPFGUIDX 170163


> lizzyben04:
> 
> > Second, in OOTP, Lupin says that Regulas Black 
> > was killed days after leaving the Death Eaters. 
> > How does he know this?
> 
> houyhnhnm:
> 
> I did  double take on that, too.  It is possible 
> that Regulus approached the Order when he decided 
> to defect and we just haven't been told about it.
> 
> If not, then it must be a slip, either by Lupin who 
> was spying on the Order for Voldemort or by "Lupin" 
> who was spying on the Order for Voldemort.

wynnleaf,
I'll repeat something I said about this recently.  Sirius may have
known the date of Regulus' death.  We have no hard evidence that he
did not know the date, although Sirius' comments about it in OOTP are
pretty vague, as though he didn't know the details.  But the tapestry
has death dates for Regulus, so although those might only include the
year, it does seem possible that Sirius knew the date.

But that doesn't explain how Lupin could possibly know that only "a
few days," went by between... between what?  Between Regulus turning
from Voldemort and his death?  Or between Voldemort hearing about it
and Regulus' death?  Either way, how could Lupin know?

We have no indication that Regulus went to the Order or Dumbledore
when he turned.  However, even if he did -- like Snape -- I don't see
how Lupin would have heard of the exact dates.  After all, the
Marauders were never told anything about the details of Snape turning
to Dumbledore.  Prior to GOF, they didn't even know that Snape had
ever been a DE, much less become a spy.  So there doesn't seem much
likelihood that Lupin would have learned of how Regulus turned from
Voldemort through Dumbledore.

Further, I don't see any indication that Regulus turned away from
Voldemort and went to Sirius.  Sirius seems far to vague about it, as
though he doesn't know the details, which he *would* know if Regulus
had come to him.

So how does Lupin know that it was only a few days between Regulus
turning, or Voldemort hearing about it, and Regulus getting killed?

wynnleaf, who realizes this could be yet another in the long line of
Lupin related plot holes, which in itself is starting to seem suspicious.