TBAY: Remus isn't THAT nice NOW Sirius isn't very brave

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No: HPFGUIDX 39188

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>Pip takes a deep breath, and looks at Dicentra. "And," she 
continues, "this is very similar to the Secret Keeper affair. Sirius 
is again faced with a dangerous opponent (Voldemort). He has an 
opportunity to face him bravely and directly by keeping James and 
Lily's Secret even if captured and tortured. Instead, he chooses to 
let a friend keep the Secret. He appears not to consider (or possibly 
not to realise) the possible consequences of this; one being that 
(even if Peter had been faithful) once Voldemort realised who the 
Secret Keeper was, Peter is probably the *most* likely to crack under 
>Crucio.


Me:

Whether Sirius was actually the secret keeper or not had nothing to 
do with the probability of his having to face Voldemort. It depended 
only on who Voldemort was likely to think was the Potters' secret 
keeper. 
Was there any reason to believe that Voldemort would not think that 
Sirius is the secret keeper? Everybody else, even Dumbledore, were 
sure that it was to be Sirius. The only way you could reasonably 
argue that Sirius switched parts with Peter out of cowardice, is if 
Sirius took care to inform Voldemort of this switch. It makes no 
sense otherwise. However, we know he did no such thing (unless you 
are ready to say that both Peter and Sirius were traitors).

Do you think that if Voldemort had captured Sirius (under the belief 
that he is the secret keeper), he would have Crucio'd him once, then 
taken 'no' for an answer? He tortured Bertha Jorkins until he broke 
through a powerful memory charm. He would have attempted to do the 
same with Sirius - break him. By not being the secret keeper, Sirius 
had, in effect, put himself at the risk of torture that he cannot 
end, even if he had reached a point where he was willing to do so. 
I'd say that's courage of a very high order.


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