Sirius's Death, NOT Harry's fault!

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 70175

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kattfirmin1" <kattfirmin at m...> 
wrote:
> 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

I don't think anyone person can be assigned sole blame for the death, 
except Bellatrix, since she did the actually killing, or at least 
used the spell that shoved Sirius through the veil.

Having said that, certainly the actions of the other players 
involved - Harry, DD, the other OoPs, Kreacher, Sirius - all played a 
part.  Had any of them acted differently, the end result may have 
been different. Had Harry used the mirror or continued with his 
Occlumency lessons, had Sirius decided to stay home and sit on his 
hands, had DD taken Harry aside earlier to give him more 
explanations, had the OoPs joined forces to magically lock Sirius up 
in the house, even if the pairings of people dueling at the Ministry 
had been different, the outcome may have been different. With so many 
people involved, the number of variables climbs quickly.

But, I do think that this will weigh on Harry's mind, and I wouldn't 
be at all surprised if he feels a measure of guilt, as least for a 
while. 

Marianne