[HPforGrownups] Re: SHIP: CUPID'SBLUDGER on the rebound

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No: HPFGUIDX 38237

Cindy:
> 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 
> 

No, of course not. But Lily probably knows, so James can know and what better 
sport for two jokers like those two than having a bit of fun at the Dursleys' 
expense? OTOH, you could be right, the info could have come from Arabella - 
providing he can find her first.

> 
> 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 
> 

In which case (sorry to be boring and insert canon here), he was going in the 
wrong direction (or alternatively had gone too far) if he was intending to 
reach Harry. Arabella lives two streets from Privet Drive, whereas Harry was 
several streets away by the time he sat down in Magnolia Crescent.
We still have to explain how he knows where Arabella is, but as I've 
suggested, the hair donor, who may well *not* have turned her back on the WW, 
could be the source of that.

> 
> 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.

But I don't think any of what I or anyone else has said actually disproves 
the theory that Arabella is Sirius' girlfriend. (You even quoted my support 
for the notion.) If she is Harry's godfather's girlfriend you could almost 
argue that she's the next best thing to family he has, making her protective 
role all the more explicable. There has to be a really good reason why 
someone would sacrifice their life in the WW in the way she has. 
I'm afraid it does make Dumbledore's use of her surname in his instructions 
to Sirius at the end of GoF rather redundant though (I'm sorry, these bits of 
canon will keep creeping in!). But perhaps this is just for the reader's 
benefit. Yes...that must be it. We can't get litle canonical nit-picks get in 
the way of a good theory, now, 
can we? :-)

Eloise


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