SHIP: CUPID'SBLUDGER on the rebound (WAS: Snape's Secret Snogging)

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No: HPFGUIDX 38174

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "cindysphynx" <cindysphynx at c...> wrote:
> Charis Julia hypothesized:
> 
> > This proposal has the advantage of:
> >  
> > 
> > 3) explaining Snape and Sirius's pre--PoA mutual abhorrence and 
> > providing the Prank with an believable backstory instead of the 
> > flimsy "slimy, oily, greasy—haired tell—tale that tried to get us 
> > expelled" story that Sirius seems to be stubbornly sticking to 
> > despite it's rather unflattering insinuations for his character.
> 
> Oh, my.  Charis is indeed onto something here.  Arabella Figg.  My, 
> my.  This changes *everything*!

No, it doesn't. Call me a stubborn, old crank, but we've already had 
a number of people who have been disguised as other people.  I'm 
going to be just a tad miffed if we find out that Arabella has been 
using Polyjuice Potion or some other magical concoction, to look like 
her own mother, or some other elderly wizard. 

 
> So who would make the perfect match for dear Arabella?  Well, it 
> certainly isn't Snape.  Vindictive, unattractive, mean-spirited, 
> changing over to the Dark side and then back again.  No, that 
> relationship has no potential, I'd say.

Agreed.

> Ah, but Sirius and Arabella?  That is downright unassailable.  
Aside 
> from the character traits they share (the loyalty to Dumbledore and 
> Harry, the protective nature), there's reason to believe that 
Sirius 
> is *deeply* in love with Arabella.  Remember how Sirius escaped 
from 
> Azkaban?  He somehow knew exactly the neighborhood where he could 
> find Harry.  Sirius also inexplicably knows that Harry has been 
> living with his aunt and uncle.  How could Sirius, locked in 
Azkaban 
> for 12 years, know these details?  

Because he was in school with Lily and James for years.  He probably 
heard Lily whining, complaining, bemoaning the fact that her sister 
Petunia was jealous of her and her magic abilities.  So, he knows of 
Petunia's existence.  He saw her at James and Lily's wedding.  For 
all we know, Petunia could have been maid of honor and poor Sirius 
had to deal with her anti-magic attitudes at the wedding, as well as 
the presence of the disagreeable Vernon.  Sirius was James best 
friend and James is an only child, so of course Harry would not be 
living with any Potters. (Yes, I know, we don't know that from canon, 
but if other people can fly into orbit with weird hypotheses, so can 
I!!) We know that Sirius is a smart cookie - he probably knew that 
Harry would be likely to be living with Lily's sister.


> 
> Pillow talk, my friends.  Sirius escaped Azkaban and went straight 
to 
> his old flame Arabella, and she told him where to find Harry and 
> filled him in on the doings in Harry's life.  Arabella, bless her, 
> never believed Sirius was guilty.  She knew him too well. 


If he didn't know where Harry was after twelve years, why would 
Sirius know where Arabella was, especially if we assume that Arabella 
is planted in Harry's neighborhood to provide him with additional 
protection?

 
> Finally, we know that Sirius was sent to notify the old crowd of 
> Voldemort's return, including Arabella.  That raises the question 
of 
> how Dumbledore can be so sure Arabella won't turn Sirius in to MoM 
on 
> sight?  The answer, I think, is that Arabella and Sirius go way 
back, 
> so to speak.


Or Dumbledore simply realizes that he can send a brief note to his 
devoted "old crowd" saying that he is sending them a most unlikely 
messenger who will give them all the details of what they need to 
know, but, trust him, this messenger is innocent of all that the 
wizard world believes is true.

I think that we will see a scene with Sirius and Harry early in Book 
5.  Why?  Because we know that Sirius will visit Arabella, she lives 
near Harry, and Sirius tells Harry towards the end of Gof "You'll see 
me very soon, Harry...I promise you."  So, perhaps we'll get a 
clearer picture of just who Arabella is...

> Let's see.  So Sirius was a match with Arabella, Snape was with 
> Trelawney, Peter was with Florence, and Remus . . . Rita Skeeter, 
of 
> course.
>
> Cindy (daring someone to find a canon SHIP for Lupin)

Although I'm sure the above pairings were presented tongue-in-
cheek...Remus and Rita???  Ugh!  He's far too intelligent.  And Snape 
and Sybil?  He wouldn't have the patience to deal with someone so 
completely self-absorbed in her own mystique.   No, no... the only 
one for Remus is...well, fans of The One True Way know who that 
person is!!

Marianne