Sirius: Much Ado About Nothing

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 73467

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kiricat2001" 
> <Zarleycat at a...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, A 
> Featheringstonehaugh 
> > <featheringstonehaugh at y...> wrote:
> 
> >> How is leaving Headquarters risking the security of the 
> Order?  No  one can find Headquarters because of Dumbldore's 
> acting as Secret Keeper. If anything, Sirius puts himself at risk 
> when leaving, not  the Order.<<
> 
> 
> The risk to the Order is that Harry cares more about Sirius than 
> the Order, and if Sirius is captured, either by Voldemort or by the 
> Ministry, Harry will go after him. Since Harry is the one hope of 
> defeating Voldemort, his loss would be ruinous. 
> 

Ah, yes. Well, that scenario could perhaps have been dealt with if 
the adults with knowledge actually gave Harry complete information, 
as Sirius wished to do early on in the book.


>   >>And, as someone pointed out in another thread, wouldn't  the 
> neighboring Muggles have found it odd to see a bunch of people 
> on  brooms land outside the building, *before* anyone thought to 
> use the Putter-Outer? Seems like a slight security breach 
> there.<<
> 
>  The people on brooms were protected by disillusionment 
> charms. The putter-outer was just an additional security 
> measure. 
>

Harry was protected by a Disillusionment charm, the others were 
visible.
> > 
> > And, for the Dept. of Mysteries scene, is it stated that Sirius 
> > insisted on going? Or are we led to believe that from the 
> >previous  discussions on how he's not supposed to leave 12 
> >Grimmauld Place? 
> 
> Nice try <g>. "Professor Snape requested that Sirius remain 
> behind as he needed somebody to remain at Headquarters to 
> tell me what had happened, for I was due there at any moment."
> --OOP ch. 37
> 
> Now I can well believe that Snape couldn't resist putting this 
> request in an insulting fashion, but as Dumbledore says, Sirius 
> was old enough to be above petty taunting. 
> 
> Pippin

Oh, right. I stand corrected on that one.

Marianne