Lilly, James and Sirius

[ariadnemajic]

No: HPFGUIDX 74448

 
> Lily agreed (willingly? we don't know) with James to switch to 
Peter 
> because Sirius assumed that Voldy would  come after him. Strange 
logic. 
> Yes, Voldemort would come after Sirius, he would still come after 
> Sirius unless he placed an ad in the paper declaring he had no 
> knowledge of the Potters whereabouts. Voldy was after information, 
not 
> assassination. If Sirius could not resist V as Secret Keeper, then 
he 
> wouldn't be able to resist telling Voldie who was the  new Secret 
> Keeper. 


Yes, I'm a Sirius fan and have to respond to this! Like most of the 
characters, he has strengths and weaknesses, and the above assessment 
diminishes one of his greatest virtues and tragic flaws--his 
unwavering loyalty to James.  If he said it once, he said it a 
billion times--he was willing to die for his friends, die for the 
cause. He knew he could withstand anything Voldemort could throw at 
him, and Voldemort knew this--that's exactly how he chracterized 
Sirius in OOTP in the vision he put in Harry's head--Sirius being 
tortured and saying he would die first.

So, it was a stroke of luck for Voldemort that Sirius turned the duty 
over to Peter, undoubtedly fully expecting Voldemort to come after 
him (Sirius) and maybe even kill him in a rage, thus leaving Voldie 
without the info he sought.  But, alas....Wormtail.

That's my take on it so far. And I do think the hero archetype Harry 
has as part of his psychological make-up is very attuned to this hero 
side of Sirius and thus the major attraction to him in OOTP. Sirius 
was doomed from the start though, it's in his name, Sirius "Dog Star, 
the brightest star in the heavens" ending in Black. In 
mourning...Ariadne