Did Sirius *ever* consider consequences? (was: Trusting characters)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 118981



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> SSSusan:
> I definitely won't argue with you that Sirius was rash & reckless 
in  general, Carol, but I do believe that he did at times consider 
 consequences.  What about his decision to actually *answer* 
some of  Harry's questions in chapter 5 of OotP? <

Pippin:

It was a good decision, but did Sirius get there by considering 
the consequences? I thought he was more concerned with 
assering Harry's rights, and his own rights as godfather. It 
seems to me Sirius never liked thinking about what could go 
wrong or what would happen once his  goal was achieved.But  in 
this case, it was considering the consequences that had led 
Dumbledore and Molly astray.

Molly, as we saw in the boggart episode, was unable to shift her 
thoughts away from what might go wrong. Dumbledore's 
thinking is nothing if not long-range. In OOP it was *too* 
long-range; he wasn't able to alter his plans or his thinking to 
take account of the circumstances he did not foresee. 

Pippin