Never again, Lupin..

[pippin_999]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "carolynwhite2" 
<carolynwhite2 at a...> wrote:

> Carolyn:
> I find I cannot resist, Pippin. I came across an old exchange in 
the  archives recently (post 28600, see below). Ahem, just 
wondered on  your current views about the technique of 
deduction, given the many  and wonderous rooms that now 
comprise the ESE!Lupin theory <veg>??
> 
> (Who hastens to add that she has nothing but admiration for 
the  edifice, and only wonders whether it was Lupin OR Peter, or 
only  Lupin, or Sirius, Lupin AND Peter what did it...).

<snip quote>

Pippin:
Why thank you!  My views on deduction have not changed. I don't 
think I've ever said that ESE!Lupin is a deduction. It's a guess or 
rather an interlinked series of guesses.  I like to think they're 
educated guesses, but for some reason the theory strikes many 
people as subversive, or maybe completely barmy. ::shrugs:: I 
don't have to convince anybody, fortunately. That's JKR's job <g>.

 JKR seldom gives you enough clues to deduce the answer. 
Even if you solve the Tom Marvolo Riddle anagram, it doesn't 
*prove* Riddle is LV, though it should make you highly 
suspicious of the diary.  The only part of ESE!Lupin that I claim 
as canon are the mysteries themselves.

 Pippin
 "The truth is out there. The lies are all inside your head." --Terry 
 Pratchett