Fidelius Charm/Sirius

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No: HPFGUIDX 33675

Eloise wrote:
> But WHY did Sirius feel the need to create a bluff in switching to 
Pettigrew? 
> If he was willing to die rather than give them away, what was the 
> problem?(other than the minor one of wishing to avoid death/ 
torture). I 
> could understand James wanting to protect Sirius, but it was he who 
had to be 
> persuaded to switch. I should have thought that Sirius would have 
seen 
> himself as the best man for the job and taken on the role with 
pride as 
> James' best friend. 

You know, I've always thought that fit well with what we saw of 
Sirius.  Imho, the fact that he didn't stand up for himself when 
arrested for 'killing' Pettigrew, as well as the fact that he went on 
such a gloomy mission when he broke out of prison ~ he only hoped to 
kill Pettigrew before he himself was caught and either sent back to 
prison or Dementor-kissed, basically; no thought at all of the more 
upbeat possibility of clearing himself ~ makes me think that maybe he 
didn't necessarily trust himself to *not* give up the secret.  That, 
or he was absolutely sure that it would be assumed he was the secret 
keeper, and that he'd be captured and tortured at some point.  The 
guy just gives himself and his chances no credit!  :-P 

Mahoney