SHIP: CUPID'SBLUDGER on the rebound

[cindysphynx]

No: HPFGUIDX 38221

Geez.  You throw your support behind a perfectly good speculative 
theory with precious little basis in canon, and someone has to spoil 
the fun by, er, opening a book.  Foiled again!

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Ali can(n)onized:

> > Hagrid says:
> > 
> > "But I'd had me orders from Dumbledore, an' I told Black no, 
> > Dumbledore said Harry was ter go ter his aunt an' uncle's. Black 
> > argued, but in the end he gave in".
> > 

Eloise conceded:

> Excellent. Someone thought of looking up the canon whilst others of 
us 
> indulged in idle speculation! :-). 
> I still go with Arabella being Sirius' girlfriend though. And I bet 
James 
> took him to have a look (and a bit of Muggle teasing?), before they 
went to 
> have a good laugh at the Dursleys down the pub.

Wait!  Figg/Sirius isn't dead yet!  It can change!

OK.  Hagrid spilled the beans there.  That explains why Sirius knew 
that Harry was going to live with his aunt and uncle.  OK, OK.  (You 
know, Ali, we had this discussion before and no one cited that 
passage, which makes you a first-rate LOON -- League Of Obsessed 
Nitpickers.  Relax -- it's a *good* thing.)

Anyway, I'm still not buying that Sirius knows where the Dursleys 
live because of his friendship with James.  First of all, Sirius is 
known to be James' friend, not Lily's friend.  I don't see why James 
and Sirius would discuss the specific whereabouts of James' 
girlfriend/wife/s estranged Squib/Muggle sister and her Muggle 
husband.  IIRC, Petunia and Vernon do not show up in any James/Lily 
wedding pictures.  Petunia and Vernon positively freak out at the 
mere mention of magic, so no way do they meet Sirius at the wedding 
and chat him up, even revealing *where they live*!

So I think that in PoA Sirius has this one piece of information about 
Harry -- that he lives with his aunt and uncle and maybe, maybe the 
town.  When Sirius escapes, he contacts Arabella somehow, perhaps 
even visiting her. That is why Sirius turns up on Magnolia Crescent 
instead of Privet Drive -- he has just had a little meet and greet 
with Arabella.

Come on.  Let me have this theory.  Please?  'Cause I think Arabella 
is going to turn out to be Dead Sexy in OoP, and I need something to 
look forward to.

Cindy (convinced that Arabella and Mrs. Lestrange will all be Dead 
Sexy in Harry's eyes)