The Last Horcrux

[pippin_999]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" <catlady at ...> 
wrote:

> Once Voldemort has been returned to vapor form, what is
> traitor!Lupin's motive for preventing destruction of the last
> Horcrux/Voldemort? It seems to me that once Harry has destroyed the
> last Horcrux, then Vapormort really dies, then Voldie cannot do
> anything to control ESE!Lupin and neither Voldie nor anyone else (DEs
> pretending once again to have been on the good side all along) will
> reveal ESE!Lupin's previous misdeeds. And IIRC part of the theory is
> he keeps committing more crimes to conceal his previous crimes. So
> ESE!Lupin should welcome the opportunity to retire from crime provided
> by elimination of Voldie.
> And it's not like Vapormort is in a position to give advantages or
> rewards to anyone.

Pippin:
ESE!Lupin keeps committing more betrayals to conceal his
previous betrayals, but that is not his motive for helping Voldemort
to gain power. His motive for that is political -- he wants the
ministry's power over the werewolves broken and  he sees 
Voldemort as the only hope of bringing that about. Of
course there is the certainty that  Voldemort will seek to
create his own hegemony and cut the werewolves out, but 
fortunately the last horcrux offers a handy solution to that 
little problem

If ESE!Lupin controls *it* then he will have a power over 
Voldemort when Voldemort returns to physical form again. 
But if the last horcrux is destroyed then Voldemort will
flee and will  not dare to assume physical form again 
knowing he would risk human death if he does.

The Ministry will retain its power over the werewolves and
all ESE!Lupin's crimes will have been for nothing.
He is too much of a moral coward to choose that path, IMO,
even if Harry offers him forgiveness.

Pippin