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

[lizzyben04]

No: HPFGUIDX 170178

> 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.

lizzyben:

It's possible he approached the Order, but then Sirius
should know more than he does. Sirius sounded very distant
when discussing Regulus, as if he hadn't had any contact
with him since leaving Hogwarts. And we know Dumbledore
doesn't share information easily. Lupin had to have learned
this from another source.

> The link to "Mourning For Her Own True Love", swythyv's
> LiveJournal essay is worth posting again, 'cause it's a hoot.
> http://tinyurl.com/2jsqw7

lizzyben:

Oh, that essay is great! It does lay out all the suspicious
things that "Lupin" does over the course of HBP. I guess the
Regulus slip could support the theory that "Lupin" is an
impersonator - Lupin wouldn't know when Regulus left the
death eaters, but Pettigrew certainly would. But I've started
to think that it's almost worthless to try to analyze what
happens in HBP, since 80% of it is probably fake anyway.
They've got a vat of Polyjuice Potion & a metamorphmagus -
anybody could be anybody.