Why Sirius was Chosen as Godparent & Sirius' sacrifice

[demetra1225]

No: HPFGUIDX 105121

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
wrote:
[snip]
 > Not only that, they are choosing a guardian for Harry, a baby with 
a 
> Prophecy hanging over his head. A child who will undoubtedly be 
> targeted by Voldemort & live a life of danger. Anyone agreeing to 
> guardianship of Harry is agreeing to a life of possible danger and 
> death themselves, not something your average citizen will take on!
> 
> Looking for someone to fulfill these qualifications leads James & 
> Lily to Sirius. Who better? He possesses all the negative traits 
> Kneasy lists (at a drop of a hat, I might add <g>), but also has 
> some unique qualifications in this case: Loyal to James & Lily? 
> Check. Brave? Check. In the Order and safe to tell about the 
> Prophecy? Check. Willing to take on the task of guarding the One 
> with the Power? Check. Willing to die for Harry? Check. 
[snip]
> Now back to Godric's Hollow. What if Sirius being willing to die 
for 
> Harry has more significance than previously thought? What if James 
& 
> Lily chose him for this specific reason? In other words, there's 
> more to this guardian selection, some additional protection 
conveyed 
> onto Harry if Sirius does indeed die while attempting to protect 
> him, similar to but not as powerful as Lily's sacrifice. Sort of a 
> strengthening of Lily's sacrifice.
> 
> This is probably something Dumbledore is unaware of until OOTP, or 
> perhaps is still unaware of, something between Lily/James/Sirius, 
> that may even involves a charm cast between them. For we know that 
> Lily's sacrifice is *separate* from the charm Dumbledore placed on 
> Harry before he was delivered to Petunia.  [snip]


Demetra:
I hope my snipping didn't muddy your meaning.  I'm very intrigued by 
this theory.  I'm going to quote myself from post 76111, which was my 
response to a post suggesting that perhaps Dumbledore had Sirius 
eliminated.
Perhaps Dumbledore didn't "kill" Sirius, maybe he volunteered.
Here's why I think this is possible. I can recall Sirius on two
occasions saying that sometimes one might have to die for the greater
good. The first is in the Shreiking Shack incident in POA where he
yells at Peter "THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED...".
Again, in OOTP, he says (to F&G, I think, sorry don't have the books
with me) something along the lines of "there are things that are worth
dying for."
He is, after all,from the "noble" Black family. What is more noble 
than laying down your own life so that the ultimate evil can be 
eliminated?

I could never really convince myself of it,though, because I could 
never come up with a reason *why* Sirius needed to be eliminated.  
You have provided a very compelling reason.  I absolutely don't think 
that it is coincidence that Sirius is the character that espouses the 
nobility (there's that word again) of sacrificing one's life.  

Demetra (who fully recognizes that this post is a complete 180 from 
her previous posts on Sirius'character but feels better thinking that 
Sirius did the right thing in the end)