Hello James. 1st posting and you've come out swinging hey?? OK 'm laddies, 'm Danny boys, 'm poor simple fools.... here I go; orbiting around planet 'Probably' I'm going for entry into the atmosphere of 'Hey I think I've got it!' world:
Like all genius, my theory is born from the brillance and hard work of others. All I ask is that you take a deep, relax your itchy posting fingers (or 'finger' in my case), roll your shoulders and read and it also might help if you suspend all beliefs for a moment OK? I reckon Lupin is (maybe)/ was (def,) a spy for Voldemort; he was a Deatheater. Here's why:
Laying the foundations:
*Voldemort in the graveyard after his resurrection, calls Deatheaters to him. Some are named- Mr & Mrs Lestrange (who'd sent their apologise but were otherwise detained), Pettigrew, Malfoy, Macnair, Nott, Avery, Crabbe, Goyle - while others aren't named or speak at all: "Some of the Death Eaters he passed in silence...". Then when Voldemort gets to a space in the circle, he says:
"And here we have six missing Death Eaters... three dead in my service. One, too cowardly to return...he will pay. One, who I believe has left me forever... he will be killed, of course... and one, who remains my most faithful servant, and who has already re-entered my service... He is at Hogwarts, that faithful servant..."
'Too cowardly' is Kakaroff I reckon. 'Faithful servant' is obviously Crouch Jr.. Who is the one who has 'left him forever'? I presumed it was Snape but what if he, master of occulency and still spying for Dumbledore, was one of the Death Eaters V. passed in silence? JKR refused to say who the missing Deatheater was which implies that this is an issue that will become relevant.
Why Lupin?:
* When JKR saw the Prisoner of Azkaban for the first time she said she had "chills" because the director had inadvertantly foreshadowed 2 things that would happen in the 6th and 7th books. These things only happened in the movie not in the books because she would never have given away such clues. So every Harry-nut with a pause button has been going over and over the movie of Prisoner of Azkaban and comparing it line for line with the book. They've come up with some amazing stuff (my fav. being that Hermione will become a werewolf) which I'll post in the 3rd movie page or it'll confuse things here.
One of the scenes that only occurs in the movie, is when Lupin and Harry are on the bridge and are talking about Lily. Lupin says of Lily:" She could see beauty in people before they could see it themselves" and "She was there for me when no-one else was". The overwhelmingly popular contention (and I agree with it) of those posting is that, because of the words and his manner when he delivered them, Lupin and Lily had a special and private relationship but more to the point that Lupin loved Lily.
From this, I reach for the stars:
Did Lupin love Lily? Why was there "no-one else" for him to talk to? Had he had a falling out with his friends? What about? What reaction did Lupin have when Lily chose James; did he pass information to Voldemort out of spite? Sirius thought the spy was Lupin, was he right? Did Lupin convince Pettigrew to help him/ did Lupin manipulate pettigrew into helping Voldemort; did Lupin lead Pettigrew into passing messages without pettigrew knowing he was being manipulated? After all, Pettigrew doesn't seem the type to bumble into Voldemorts lair without some kind of encouragement from someone else even if that encouragement is cloaked; pretty easy for Lupin to get one over on Pettigrew I think. Therefore, I don't know whether Pettigrew knew Lupin was spying for Voldemort or not but it doesn't change that I do think Lupin was.
I'm sure there's a line in OotP when we're told that Snape, Dumbledore AND Lupin are accomplished in occulency - for the life of me I can't find it!!! If I'm right, why would they tell us this if it isn't relevant (more convincing if I could find the line right?).
Is Lupin still spying? I'm really not sure. If Lupin is the Deatheater who had left Voldemort's service, then maybe not, unless he has come back to V's service. With James and Lily out of the way I don't see why he would go back to Voldemort. If he was one of DEathEaters V passed by silently, then yes maybe he is still a DeathEater. What did he do all day for the OotP? He didn't have a job or friends (being werewolf and all) to spy for the Order so maybe he spends his time spying for V..
And finally for your scornful pleasure, there is the point that, Lupin is a major character and yet we don't 'know' him as we've been allowed to get to know others: Sirius or even Mr Weasley for eg. He's a 'main' character and yet has been in the periphery for two books now. This is always something to be suspicious of when it comes to our JKR.
So, what do you think?
Please keep in mind that I like this theory. So when you're bombarding it with mockery, attacking it with 'facts' and demolishing it with ridicule, be gentle.  | 
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