[the_old_crowd] Re: Themes and theories

[Charme]

> Carolyn:

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> As I have said to Pippin offlist, I think this is a case of someone
> committing a crime in the past that he thought was good and buried,
> but which has come back to haunt him. A personal disaster which has
> become entangled with world events and which he can't prevent
> unravelling.
>
> He clearly did something that raised the suspicions of Sirius, James
> and Dumbledore before GH, or they would have included him in the
> group that knew about the SK. Equally clearly James and Sirius were
> more important friends to him than Peter. I think that Voldemort's
> agents were no fools, and targeted Lupin in the run up to GH, and
> partially succeeded with him, to the extent that, to get them off his
> back, or to prevent further public disclosure of his werewolf status,
> or to save his own life, he finally gave away information about
> Peter - who in his mind was less valuable than his other friends, and
> could be sacrificed.

Charme:

I agree with you, Carolyn, that Lupin did something that raised the 
suspicions of James and Sirius, but I don't know about Dumbledore - my 
reasoning for that is Dumbledore certainly wouldn't have hired Lupin as a 
teacher later, much less DADA. Dumbledore himself didn't know of the SK 
switch, so did that mean James and Sirius suspected him too? Notice I didn't 
include Lily in that mix; Lupin's comments to Harry in the PoA movie about 
Lily intrigue me, as they aren't canon.  I think whatever Lupin did or as 
accused of doing happened quite a while before the whole GH event.

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> He frets and worries offstage all through GoF, but finally, in OOP,
> get to spend a lot of time with Sirius at Grimmauld Place. Sirius,
> depressed and drinking can't stop running over old events, starts to
> ask too many questions, makes some boozy accusations....Lupin decides
> to his deep regret, that he must silence his old friend, and sees his
> opportunity to do so at the MoM.

Charme:

This part of your post reminded me of a question I've had regarding Lupin in 
the OoP DoM/MoM battle.  (Try typing that 5 times - that's a finger twister 
;)) I noticed that Sirius, Moody, Tonks, and Shacklebolt all have some of 
their actions in battle depicted, but Lupin doesn't. Only when he grabs 
Harry from trying to get to the veil after Sirius has fallen thru it do we 
see Lupin after his initial mention of arrival with other members of the 
Order. What was he doing all that time?

Charme