Rita Skeeter, was Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: Things I don't understand

[beccafran <rbroeker@hotmail.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48612

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999 <foxmoth at q...>"
> <foxmoth at q...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve 
> > <bboy_mn at y...>" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> > 
> > > * She know Sirius is a animagi big black dog.
> > >
> > That particular secret is no longer safe, no matter what Rita 
> > does. Pettigrew, alias Wormtail, knows all about it. He can tell 
> > Voldemort, if he hasn't already.
> > 
> > Pippin
> 
> bboy_mn replies:
> 
> The problem isn't Voldemort/Death Eaters knowing and compromising 
his
> safety. The problem is that he is a notorious murderer, betrayer of
> the beloved Potters, and escaped criminal. 
> 

This is a really good point. It shouldn't matter to Voldemort whether 
or not Sirius is an animagus, unless at some later date they decide 
to go after him (hmmm...)

The group that Sirius has to worry about now is the MoM, and Fudge in 
particular (who's already shown he's only too happy to have the 
Dementors take care of an escaped prisoner). In this respect, Rita 
publishing what she knows can have a *huge* effect: The story appears 
in the Daily Prophet, Fudge and the Ministry look like fools, and 
they can now find Sirius and send him back to Azkaban or administer 
the kiss.

BeccaFran