[HPforGrownups] Lupin's Resignation

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Bart Wrote:
>>Consider: Yes, Lupin hid the fact that James, Peter, and Sirius  were 
unregistered animagi from Dumbledore. But, by the time of POA, from  
Lupin's point of view, Peter and James were dead, and SIrius was one of  
Morty's followers.

Why the hell didn't Lupin give the full details of  Sirius' dog form as 
soon as Sirius escaped?<<
 
Rebecca:
I have wondered that as well. The extent of Lupin's cowardice appears  to 
be very large in light of him not telling Dumbledore (or the Ministry or  
*someone*) that Sirius can turn into a dog. He didn't have to tell them about  
their little jaunts into Hogsmeade, or about James and Peter, just a little  
confession that his former friend can turn into a dog and that might be how 
he's  sneaking around and not getting caught. 
 
Was he really so embarrassed about taking Dumbledore's  kindness for 
granted as a teenager? Or did he think that if he confessed it then  he would lose 
his job before it even began? I think the explanation we are given  in the 
book is that he thought (like the passageways) that Sirius was using some  
sort of "dark magic" that had nothing to do with being able to turn into a 
dog,  and therefore there was nothing to be gained by admitting his (and his 
friends')  deception as teenagers. It doesn't hold a lot of water IMO, I 
think that was all  justification, talking himself into not confessing, just as 
he doesn't tell  anyone about the Marauder's Map (perhaps someone else could 
have been monitoring  it? Lupin can't have been able to watch for Sirius 
all the time). Lupin's  actions baffle me. He's insecure to the point of it 
handicapping him. He's  forever trapped as the boy he was in the pensieve 
memory, staring at James and  Sirius, disapproving, but not saying anything. 
 
-Rebecca



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