Veritaserum & Sirius' trial (was Re - Veritaserum)

[Taryn Kimel]

No: HPFGUIDX 49408

Lily Solstar:
>Which brings us to another question: Wouldn't someone with Sirius' 
>personality (he was a Gryffindor) at least *try* to defend his 
>innocence?  Maybe the MoM didn't want to listen, but surely all he 
>would have to do was to owl up Dumbledore.  Did he truly see no hope 
>in the situation?

One, Sirius obviously thinks he is to blame. We know this. And when he's found /laughing/ at the "death site" of Peter, the man is in hysterics and is /not/ doing well mentally and emotionally. I don't think he'd be in the right mindset to start protesting be putting away for something that he thinks he himself has set in motion to come to such an twistedly ironic end. And they got him into Azkaban extremely quickly.

I think Sirius' guilt is so extremely deep set that he would keep himself in Azkaban as self-punishment. The only reason he attempted escape in PoA was because he found out Peter was alive. Thus the obsession started. Yes, Sirius feels he is to blame, but then there's /one/ person who, in his mind, committed the most atrocious crime possible.

--Taryn

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