[HPforGrownups] Re: Double Secret Keepers?

[Sheryll Townsend]

No: HPFGUIDX 26791

--- catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk wrote:
<snip>
If Sirius was originally going to be their Secret
Keeper, then why
> couldn't James or Lily 
> be 
> > > his Secret Keeper?  That way all of them would
> have been 
> impossible 
> > > to find.
> > > 
> > > Why didn't they think of that?
> > > 
> > > Catherine
> > > (BTW:  I know the answer is that otherwise most
> of the plot in 
> PoA 
> > > would be redundant, but still...)
> > 
> > Couple of reasons: a) Because the Spell itself
> makes it impossible.
> 
> Excuse me for being incredibly dense, but why does
> the spell itself 
> make it impossible?
> 
> Catherine

I don't think we know enough about how the spell works
to say whether you can have double secret keepers or
not. Personally, I think it would have been a great
idea, though I can see how it would have made things
difficult if someone needed to reach either party.
Interesting theory, Catherine.

Sheryll, pleased to see new ideas popping up


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"We need to be united and strong. We'll have losses and scares, sure. And you'll be there for each other, helping each other through the bad times."
 blpurdom - Harry Potter and the Psychic Serpent, Chapter 26

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