Did Snape Try to Warn James at GH? (Re: Here is an interesting Snape one)

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No: HPFGUIDX 120541


Vivamus:
> > Doesn't the Fidelius charm mean that only the secret keeper can 
> > reveal the location?  Therefore, if Severus was there, Peter 
> > must have chosen to give the location information directly to 
> > Snape.  
 
Eloise:
> Only the Secret Keeper can reveal the location, but I don't think 
> we've established what happens once he does. Is the Charm thereby 
> completely broken? Does it mean that from that point onwards, the 
> secret is not magically protected from *anyone* or that only the 
> person who has been directly told has access to it?
> 
> Sirius was aware that there was something wrong, which was why he 
> went to check on Peter. Was it because he had an awareness that 
> the Charm was no longer working, that *he* could remember the 
> Potter's whereabouts, or somehow knew he would be able to find 
> them? 

SSSusan:
I don't think this was the case, Eloise.  I thought Sirius had 
*arranged* to meet with Peter in advance, hadn't he?  That might 
mean he thought something was wrong; or it might mean he simply 
wanted to double-check and was planning to do that routinely.  I 
suspect it was only when Peter didn't *show* that Sirius got worried.


Eloise:
> The Charm was certainly not working by the time the rescue party ?
> got there, or else they wouldn't have been *able* to find Harry.


SSSusan:
I'm not sure about this.  We don't know the specifics of the 
mechanism, but I know a lot of people around here seem to believe 
that, once the party being protected has died, the charm is broken.  
Which means the rescue party would have been able to find the 
Potters.  [Unless you're referring specifically to *Harry* having 
been protected by the FC?  And since he didn't die, he should still 
be protected by it?]


Eloise: 
> What I think the Charm did was to prevent anyone from *finding* 
> them even if they *did* know where they were, unless the secret 
> was divulged by the Secret Keeper. So by that understanding, even 
> if only Voldemort were able to *find* the Potters, Snape or Lupin 
> or anyone else could have been there because they knew the 
> location and been able to shout a warning blind, as it were. 


SSSusan:
An interesting notion!  I wonder if shouting out a warning blind 
would be possible?  Nothing tells us that not being able to see the 
protected party would equal their not being able to hear YOU.  OTOH, 
you'd have to worry about whether they were at home to hear, if you 
couldn't see them!

Siriusly Snapey Susan, enjoying about 15 mins. of peace before the 
Christmas shopping crew returns home.