Ginny and Sirius

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No: HPFGUIDX 44323

In a message dated 9/21/02 5:42:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Lilac writes:


> Now, with GInny's life debt...didn't Dumbledore say this is magic at its 
> deepest and most powerful (in reference to Harry sparing Peter's life, 
> hence Peter is indebted to Harry)?  Doesn't this create a bond between the 
> life-saver and the person saved?  
> IMO, when a person is saved, they are compelled to help their "saver" when 
> in their presence and their safety/life is being threatened.  That works 
> with Snape.  In PS/SS, perhaps he was compelled to do the counter-curse to 
> keep Harry from falling off his broom, rather than feeling duty to Harry 
> because of Snape's debt to James.  Maybe the person can't help but try to 
> save their "saver's" life, and that's how the magic works.  It sure 
> explains Snape trying to save Harry even though he obviously hates him.  He 
> couldn't help himself.  But this is just a pet theory of mine.  No doubt 
> it's been talked about before, I know, but let me pretend that I had at 
> least one original thought....  

Another hole in your  theory would be "Why didn't Pettigrew try to save Harry 
during the GoF confrontation" Pettigrew was the one that tied him up even, 
wasn't he? 

Dumbledore was wrong about Voldemort not wanting someone indebted to Harry as 
his servant. But obviously he was wrong. What if this Life Debt is nothing 
more than Snape thinking: 'That (insert cuss) Potter saved my life. Dang 
him!' ? 

And about the whole Sirius discussion I like him and all but IMO he's never 
been quite right. For example when he was in Hogwarts he tried to kill Snape. 
That's going a bit far if you ask me. By then he was an animagus and he would 
have seen how dangerous Remus could be. That's no small prank. 

Does anyone know if Dumbledore knew about the prank? I'm not sure....


--angstconsumed