Something wrong with this Fudge

[huntergreen_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 107046

Huntergreen previously:
> Its also interesting to note that Fudge *doesn't* contact Harry when
> Sirius escapes, nor does he encourage anyone (like the Weasley's for
> example) to go collect Harry from the Dursely's and keep an eye on
> him. Yes, Dumbledore doesn't do that either, and it doesn't occur to
> Arthur or Molly to go get Harry, but Fudge is in charge of all this.

Marny replied:
>>[snip]
One of the major premises of the books is that Harry is magically 
protected while he is living with his aunt and uncle, right? (true, 
the protection is from Voldemort, but at that point they believe that 
Sirius is in league with Voldemort, right? (if it's not ESE!Fudge).So 
it's not til he leaves (and takes all his stuff, somewhat suggesting 
that he might not come back), that he is in danger. <<

HunterGreen:
I suppose it *could* be that, but it never seemed enough for me. I 
don't think I've ever been able to get past the fact that Sirius 
could have killed Harry if he wanted to (right before the knight bus 
scene). If he just didn't tell Harry because of the protection, then 
why doesn't he tell Harry when he meets up with him? Harry doesn't 
take the threat seriously (so it really doesn't do any good when he 
does find out), but if he had, he wouldn't have been sneaking off to 
Hogsmeade. 
I just don't understand how this decision was made to *not* alert the 
one person that Sirius is after that Sirius escaped. Harry just sees 
him on the muggle news, he has no reason to worry or to be careful at 
all. I don't know the specifics of the protection, but it appears to 
work less when Harry is out of the house. And its summertime, why 
would Harry be in the house 24hours a day? Sirius could have been 
waiting outside for him. 
They don't know that Sirius is a dog, yes, but they don't know a lot 
of things about him either. They think that he knows a great amount 
of dark magic, and that he's not afraid of doing things in public, 
and they think he's deranged and the main thing on his mind is to 
kill Harry Potter. They *also* know that he was James' best friend 
(and so would have an easier time tracking down where Harry is than 
the average man on the street), and he's very intelligent. Sirius was 
a *big* threat. And at this point Harry, although living under a 
magical protection, is living with people who 1-are muggles and 
couldn't protect themselves or him and 2-don't really care if he 
lives or dies. Quite an odd moment to be worried about secrecy and 
protecting Harry's innocence.