Sirius - who is right?

[Wanda Sherratt]

No: HPFGUIDX 73773

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "marinafrants" <rusalka at i...> 
wrote:
> 
> But that's exactly what Dumbledore did order Sirius to do.  To sit
> around and do nothing, while Harry was in danger and the rest of 
the
> Order were out risking their lives.  And the rationale behind it?  
To
> preserve Sirius' physical safety.  "We don't need you, we just 
need 
> your house.  If you insist on sticking around, do some dusting or 
> something. But hey, look at the bright side, at least you're 
*safe*!"
> 
Well, he certainly doesn't have to put up with *that* taunt 
anymore.  I would have thought that just staying alive for Harry's 
sake might have been worth something to Sirius.  I sure don't think 
that HE would have been disappointed not to have his godfather 
playing d'Artagnan at the MoM.  He didn't appreciate Hagrid telling 
him that Sirius was pretty well better off dead than stuck back at 
GP.  As irksome as his existence in limbo was to HIM, his just being 
alive meant a lot to Harry.  I guess I have less sympathy for Sirius 
because I'm a parent, and have to settle for a lot less in life than 
I expected, because I have kids and have to do it for them.  It's 
just the way things are.

By the way, when Snape wanted him to stay at GP and let the others 
go the MoM, he wasn't suggesting it just to be a bastard.  If I 
recall, he wanted Sirius there to tell Dumbledore what was going 
on.  Since Sirius wouldn't stay, nobody was there when Dumbledore 
did arrive, except Kreacher. So instead of getting the news 
instantly, he had to drag it out of an unwilling House Elf. How long 
did that take?  Twenty minutes?  It certainly slowed Dumbledore 
down.  If not for Sirius leaving the place unmanned, he might have 
gotten there before the DEs were running amok, torturing Neville and 
generally causing havoc.

Wanda