Fidelius swap was Re: The Sorting Hat

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 87449

Kneasy:
> I'm starting to get the impression that  you're edging towards 
the view that Sirius is the equal of Voldy in magical power. That 
he can withstand, even temporarily, the force of Voldy's will. If so, 
can you substantiate it?<

I think Sirius considered himself the match of Voldemort in 
cleverness and far more clever than the Death Eaters. I'm   sure 
Sirius considered himself quite clever enough to elude the 
Death Eaters for as long as necessary, IMO,  and he might well 
have been right about that. After all, he eluded the far more 
numerous aurors  for two whole years, and they were no nearer 
catching him when he died.

I don't think either James or Sirius ever considered what would 
happen if  Sirius got caught, because Sirius never planned to be 
taken alive. He says that he would have died rather than betray 
Peter, and I'm sure both he and James believed that.


Sirius's idea, IMO,  was that he would lead the DE's a merry 
chase, deliberately draw their fire, and force them to waste time 
and resources hunting him. Meanwhile, James and Lily would 
know that their secret was safe with Peter all the time, much less 
nerve-wracking for them than thinking their real secret-keeper 
was out there deliberately taunting the DE's.

Kneasy:
> Sirius is a pretty ordinary wizard; true he has mastered the 
Animagus spell, but taking Peter as a guide, all that needs is 
practice not power. There is no evidence that he practiced 
guarding against an Unspeakable or a Legilimens or that he 
had the power to achieve resistance successfully. <

Any spy who is close to Dumbledore would have to be an 
Occlumens to be successful. If Dumbledore ever believed that 
Sirius was the spy, he must have thought him capable of 
Occlumency, at least.

Kneasy:

> Besides, I don't think Sirius is a real 'goodie' anyway. That's 
why he had to die.<

Listen to the Centaurs, Kneasy.  Sirius died because he was 
*innocent*. The villains die in the last ditch, because there's no 
story without them.

Pippin