Sirius - who is right?

[ellejir]

No: HPFGUIDX 73775

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Wanda wrote:
> > 
> 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.

Me:
True enough, but, on the other hand, remember that Harry was the only 
one of the kids left standing at the point when the Order came 
charging in (and was in the process of handing over the prophesy, I 
believe.)  Even *with* Sirius there, the Order was outnumbered 2 to 1 
by Death Eaters.  During the battle, Tonks, Moody, Sirius and 
Kingsley were all seriously disabled by the DEs (Hmmmmm, just noticed 
that Lupin was absolutely fine---possible ammo for the ESE Lupin 
crowd!)  Perhaps if Sirius had stayed at GP to bring DD up to speed 
things would have turned out better.  But it is also possible that 
the DEs would have defeated the Order more quickly and apparated out 
of Dodge City with prophesy in hand *before* Dumbledore arrived.  You 
cannot deny that he kept Bellatrix busy for awhile and she seems to 
be the most lethal member of the DE crowd (I think that she got 
Sirius, Tonks and Kingsley.  Makes you wonder what the rest of the 
DEs were doing.)
Elle (also a parent.  Personally, I couldn't *imagine* sitting at 
home waiting while one of my children was in danger and others were 
going to help.  I with Sirius on this one.)