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

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 119019


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. 


SSSusan again:
These are excellent points, Pippin.  You may be correct that Sirius 
did not actually think this through so much as just believe it was 
*right* for Harry to know.  It probably is not much in his nature to 
do a whole lot of "consequence estimation"... but I do think he 
wasn't totally incapable of it.  Jen already pointed out his 
behavior in GoF, and I agree with her on that.

As for Molly & DD, again I think you make an interesting point.  
They DID look at and consider consequences... but doing so might not 
have led them to the best decision or actions.  

So where does that leave Sirius in this OotP moment?  Who 
was "right" and who was "wrong"?

And why do we always seem to end up with murky instead of clear-
cut. :-)

Siriusly Snapey Susan