Ummm, Let's Not Use Dumbledore (was: Why is everyone so convinced

[Donna]

No: HPFGUIDX 82288

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Talisman" <talisman22457 at y...> 
wrote:
> Getting back to the choice between DD and Sirius, DD is supposed to 
> be LV's great Nemesis, "the only one he ever feared."  If it's down 
> to the lives of your loved ones, do you go with your pal--who'd die 
> for you--if he didn't do something stupid first--or the greatest 
> wizard of the age?
> 
> Unless the Potters were fools, they knew something about DD that 
> made dear-but-full-of-himself Sirius look like their best option.
> 
> Talisman, a bona fide member of the Fellowship of the DUST 
> (Dumbledore Undercover Serveillance Team).

I think that they didn't use DD because, even though DD is the only 
wizard LV ever feared, DD is still the head of the resistance.  DD 
isn't God, you know.  Even he could have been defeated.  If by some 
unlucky happenstance, LV were able to get to DD and retrieve the 
secret, that would leave the WW without DD, the greatest wizard of 
the age.  I think the Potters were genuinely concerned about that.  
James just didn't want to put DD into more danger.

Sirius would then be the Potter's logical choice.  For some reason, 
they suspected Lupin of being the traitor.  (I do hope JKR tells us 
why that was so.)  So, Sirius, being a rather clever person, canon 
tells us he and James were the best of the class, suggests they use 
the least likely of the Marauders to be the keeper.  Now, if Peter 
were not the traitor, this is really a rather sharp move on their 
part.  We tend not to think that because we know that Peter is the 
traitor.

Peter must have been quite the actor, none of them suspected him at 
all.  He may have been what they call talentless, but I suspect that 
they thought that because of his appearance and perhaps he was 
lacking in confidence.  If he was a bit of a bumbler, then they might 
dismiss his actual talent because of his reputation.  Didn't Lockhart 
have the general populace of the WW fooled because most of the WW 
considered him to be a very talented and powerful wizard?  Even 
though they are wizards and witches, that doesn't make them any 
better judges of character than Muggles, does it?  They are still 
human, with all the foibles that humans are heir to.

Just a couple of thoughts,
D