[HPforGrownups] Re: Something's been bothering me about Sirius

[Jake Storm]

No: HPFGUIDX 35178

> Felicia Rickmann wrote:
> > At this mention of Sirius Black what little back history there is,
> >Stan relates to Harry - already in a state of panic fleeing from an
> >inflated aunt and the Dursleys, and convinced he is to be banished
> >from the wizarding world.  Later, when we learn more about Sirius,
> >nothing else links him to Voldemort except the Pettigrew's *
> >explosion *.  Does it?  Sirius, we find out later, was the Potter's
> >Secret Keeper, so why build a mysterious, rumour-fuelled
> >unsubstantiated element to his past linking him to Voldemort?

Mahoney responded:
>Because as the Potter's supposed Secret Keeper (turns out he wasn't ~
>Pettigrew was), he was the only one who could have told Voldemort
>where the Potters were so that Voldemort could then go kill them.
>Hence the assumption that if Sirius was the Secret Keeper and spilled
>the beans to Voldy, he must have at least been Voldy's follower.

I would take the view that Stan Shuntpike has absolutely no way to know just 
how well connected Sirius Black was to LV. He is very likely basing his 
comments on what he's read in the Daily Prophet, where articles were written 
condemning the man for his evil deeds and linking him to the Death Eaters. 
Possibly even speculating on just how important he was to the DE cause. My 
guess is that your average wizard on the street doesn't know a thing about 
Sirius black that they didn't get from the media.

J

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