Fidelius swap

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 87812

Kathryn Cawte wrote:
<snip> If Sirius had broken under torture
> and given away information it would have been tragic, as it would
have been
> if Peter had, but Peter didn't give up information under torture he
> willingly handed it over. You seem to want to believe Peter was
protecting
> his family or something by spying for Voldemort - but he no longer
seems to
> have a family and yet he continues to work for Voldemort. <snip>


I agree with your general position, but Peter did have a mother who
apparently loved him. She received his finger in a box, remember? So
it's possible that his terror of Voldemort was at least in part a fear
of what LV would do to his mother if he didn't follow orders. (No,
that doesn't justify Peter's behavior, but it does give Sirius, who
doesn't care a fig for his family, an advantage over him--less to fear
in terms of retaliation. I think Sirius should have realized that
Peter was a poor choice as Secret Keeper for that reason even if he
had actually been loyal to James. If Sirius couldn't trust himself to
keep the secret, how could he trust Peter, who was so much weaker? He
should have trusted his own capacity for cleverly hiding from the DEs.
 Just apparate to Egypt or Bermuda or whereever and they'd never find
him.)

Carol