Sirius's Death, NOT Harry's fault!

[kattfirmin1]

No: HPFGUIDX 70051

In a lot of posts, there seems to be the concern that Harry is going 
to blame himself for Siriuss' death, and that Harry reacted to 
quickly, should have done this or that...  While hindsight is 20/20, 
and I do think Harry is going to blame himself, I think Harry is 
probably the least blame worthy out of anyone.  

First, DD.  If he would have been at least honest enough to either 
tell Harry, or have someone (Sirius or Arthur) Harry respects tell 
him that LV might be causing Harry's dreams on purpose, Harry might 
have tried harder with Occlumency.

Sirius.  Yes, Harry forgot about the mirror that Sirius gave Harry 
to comunicate, but Harry got in touch with Sirius, and Sirius never 
reminded Harry about his little gift.  And, unless I'm wrong, didn't 
Harry write to him using Hedwig?  (When Hedwig returned injured 
because DU was reading everyone's mail?)  Also, what if Harry tried 
to use the mirror, and Sirius wasn't right next to it?  There's no 
guarentee that the mirror would have changed events.

Hermione.  No, she didn't do anthing wrong.  But, after Harry had 
his dream, he was ready to go charging out.  Hermione said it could 
be a trap, and even though Harry wasn't too happy about it, he did 
try to check on Sirius before they left.  Harry headed his friends 
warning.

Kreacher.  This one's obvious.  After reading the book, I know I hit 
myself in the forehead thinking about JKR's family tree clues.  All 
the evil family memebers names were on the tapistry, but Tonks name 
wasn't, being a halfblood. So, Kreacher wouldn't take orders from 
Tonks.  That would imply that Kreacher would take orders from 
others, ie Bella.  Kreacher was a liability from the start.

Snape.  Why DIDN'T Harry go to Snape right away, a fellow member of 
the Order?  Well, besides the fact that Snape was angry at Harry 
about the pensieve incident, Snape has never been one to count on in 
times of emergency.  In GOF, when Harry had the run in with Crouch 
Sr, and Harry needed DD, Harry got Snape.  Instead of Snape letting 
go of his hatefulness for one second, he continued to give Harry a 
hard time, when it was obvious that Harry needed help. And in POA, 
Snape was only too happy to hand over Sirius and Lupin over to the 
Dementors, regardless of the truth.  Snape isn't one that springs 
into Harry's mind when he needs an adult he can trust.

While I don't think Sirius's death is "anyones" fault besides LV, I 
do feel that Harry was more or less reacting to the situation that 
others created.  

Katrina