Did Lupin do it? (was Tactics & Prescience)

[holly_phoenix_11]

No: HPFGUIDX 76975

Marianne:

> Then, in OoP, his professed reason for keeping Sirius locked up in 
> Grimmauld Place, as he states flat out to Harry, was that he wanted 
> to keep Sirius alive.  Okay, is he lying through his teeth here?  
Or 
> is he shading the truth?  Is he telling Harry his original reason 
for 
> insisting Sirius stay hidden, and not telling Harry that 
> circumstances had changed over the months? In other words, had 
> Dumbledore's assessment of the situation indicated to him that 
Sirius 
> might have to be sacrificed in order to push Harry in a certain 
> direction?  And, that when Sirius showed up at the Dept. of 
> Mysteries, Dumbledore was presented with a golden oppportunity to 
> ensure that happened?
> 
> And, if that is indeed the case, how will Harry react to that, 
should 
> he ever find out?  


me, holly :
I totally agree with you. I think that had it been his choice, DD 
would allow Harry to live with Sirius at the end of PoA, but the 
magic surrounding the Dursleys house was the reason he had to 
persuade Sirius not to push Harry in the direction of living with 
him. I think that DD's love for Harry was the only thing that 
prevented him from having a very clear picture of what to do, and 
finally, the whole passage with the scene at the Death Room gave me a 
feeling that DD was not in position to really see what was going on 
between Bellatrix and Sirius. Of course, this is only what I got from 
the passage myself, I am not stating here that I am definitely 
correct. English is my second language (although I really enjoyed 
reading the fifth book in English, more than the previous four which 
I read in my native language). I could have been mistaken. But the 
fact that DD explains to Harry so clearly the intentions of LV by 
possessing him indicates to us that he is by far persuaded to do 
anything in the direction of hurting possessed Harry. If he was the 
least tempted, I don't think that he would have any clear and 
thorough way of explaining it to Harry.

cheers
holly_phoenix_11