[HPforGrownups] Sirius Black's Hide-Out

[srsiriusblack at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 51171

In a message dated 30/01/2003 13:51:22 Eastern Standard Time, 
stbinch at actionsd.com writes:


> I was just listening to GoF again. But this time, after having my brain
> polluted by all you Evil-Black-ists, I was being skeptical of things I had
> previously accepted as truth. Like, what if there was another reason that
> Sirius didn't want Hedwig to deliver any more letters to him? And what if 
> he
> didn't break into another wizard's home to use the fire?
> 
> What I'm suggesting (I don't believe it myself, but it does seem possible)
> is that Sirius is hiding out at the Riddle house with his old pal 
> Voldemort.
> That is why he doesn't want Hedwig coming back, and that is why
> head-in-the-fire communication is used.
> 
> Any thoughts? Further speculation? Previous discussion?


Absolutely impossible! - from your die hard Black/Lupin/Snape lover.
The explanation of why Hedwig should not be used is a perfectly acceptable 
one. Snowy Owls are not native and they would attract attention. 

We already know that Wormtail was the servant of Voldie's who was in the 
Riddle House. If Sirius were to have had anything to do with handing Harry 
over to LV in GoF, he probably would have attended with all of the other 
D.E.'s as Harry was to die that night, and if Sirius were the wretched 
betrayer that the Evil!Sirius arguments support, wouldn't he have wanted the 
glory of being a part of the fall of Harry Potter?

As for fire communication, that is much like Muggle telephone. Sirius 
couldn't go traipsing into Hogwarts to talk to Harry. He had to protect 
himself- remember he is *still* a wanted man. No one but DD and RHH know that 
Sirius is innocent until the end of GoF. He couldn't risk being caught, but 
he felt he needed to be close by to Harry in case anything happened.

I just don't buy into the Evil!Sirius theory. Are there things in his past 
that are a wee bit sketchy? YES. But is he evil? I'd wager all the galleons 
in Gringotts that he is not. So far, he has only shown love and respect to 
Harry. He even 'gave' Harry the opportunity to kill him [Sirius] in PoA. He 
broke out of Azkaban to protect Harry from Wormtail and LV, and the guilt 
that is borne with him from his 'involvement' in the deaths of James and Lily 
bind him to protect Harry.

The same way Wormtail is in debt to Harry, Sirius is as well. In PoA, Harry 
*could* have killed him. But, Harry, out of trepidation, doubt, and whatnot, 
spared Sirius's life. 

I think we will see a Sirius who has a heart of gold. He obviously has 
already shown he would risk his life to save Harry's.

Golden!Sirius
-Snuffles
"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty 
recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the 
dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with 
open eyes, to make it possible. This I did."  T.E. Lawrence- Seven Pillars of 
Wisdom


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