First war with VD - did James trust Remus?

vivida89 vivida89 at yahoo.co.uk
Sat Nov 17 19:15:54 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 179161

In the era of Pre-Azkaban, meaning the time after the Marauders leave
Hogwarts and before Lily and James die and Sirius gets imprisoned - do
you think that James trusted Remus?

In PoA we get to know that it was like everyone suspected everyone.
Remus suspected Sirius and Sirius suspected Remus. This is also why
Sirius asked James to switch the figure of the secret keeper to Peter. 

That James initially agreed with that shows me he saw the need why to
do this. Meaning he must have distrusted Remus as well - which I can
not think of, not after DH.

In DH, I don't know in which chapter anymore, but it's shortly after
they take Harry away from Privet Drive number four, it comes out that
there must have been a spy. Harry says outloud he trusts EVERYONE of them.

And what strikes me as funny is now the way Remus reacts; he says
something that Harry is like James and that James trusted also
everyone (whether it's good or bad). What is strange about it is the
way he says it, somehow bitterly and full of regrets. Like he doesn't
want Harry to be that way.

If James trusted everyone, he must have trusted Remus as well. Did he
only agree to make Peter the secret keeper because Sirius was his best
friend and he didn't want to reject him? 

I can see James clearly as a person who would have trusted his friends
still if it was utterly obvious WHO was the spy. I suppose he didn't
want to believe that any of his friends could have been capable of
betraying him.

Vivida89





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