First war with VD - did James trust Remus?

[nirupama76]

No: HPFGUIDX 179414

vivida89 wrote:
> 
> > 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.

Niru:

I think Sirius definitely suspected Remus. However I do not think 
that Remus suspected Sirius. Remus only thought that Sirius had been 
the spy after James and Lily's deaths and the incident with Peter 
Pettigrew. In this, Remus was no different to the rest of the 
wizarding world. Which is why he tells Harry in PoA that he THOUGHT 
he knew Sirius.

vivida89 wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> > 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?

Niru:

Probably. Sirius was James' best friend. And James may have trusted 
Sirius' opinion over his own at times. Plus we don't know for sure 
how Sirius sold the switching idea to James and Lily. He may have 
said it such that Peter was the obvious choice. He may never have 
mentioned his doubts about Remus.

vivida89 wrote:
> > 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.

Niru:

James trusted his friends. But if he had known that one of them was 
a spy I don't think he'd have turned a blind eye and done nothing. 
He would have gone to Dumbledore or probably taken care of the 
problem himself. 

- Niru