Sirius revisited

[tamuril elensar]

No: HPFGUIDX 103707

Kneasy <arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
"Then the aftermath. More strokes of Black genius. He arrives at the
house. As the supposed SK he's the prime suspect for the betrayal of
the Potters. Does he proclaim his innocence? No. Just this one time, 
at a moment when his penchant for excuses might actually do him some 
good, he keeps his mouth shut. Why? There is *no* reason to. Shock? 
Unlikely. He's lucid enough to argue that he should take charge of 
Harry, but apparently not lucid enough to deny responsibility for 
making him an orphan. How very strange."


Hey guys, been lurking on the list for about a week and great 
discussions going on here. :-) Read through this whole post but wanted 
to make a comment on this above paragraph... Now, I have never had 
two of my best friends die so it's hard to say what my first reaction 
would be, what would make sense and what wouldn't... But Sirius 
convinces James and Lily to change him as the sk to Peter right?  And 
he never thought that Peter was going to run to Voldemort or be the 
spy... Well that said, he thought he was doing the smart and wise 
thing... Was it a bad descion? Yes.. but with hindsight.  And you can't 
really blame him for not knowing that Peter was the spy.  But I think 
it's a bit harsh to say it's his fault Harry was made an orphan.  He 
thought what he was doing was the best thing that could be done and 
only with hindsight was it the worst thing he could have done.  Hence 
what a great spy Peter was.   

As for him keeping his mouth shut and not saying he wasn't the sk, 
Peter was the sk.. I really doubt the general group of people knew who 
the sk was (i.e. Hagrid) and I'm pretty sure they didn't go around 
talking about who it was.  Kind of defeats the point of having an sk if 
everyone knows who they are.  Peter was the one who blew up Sirius's 
spot to everyone (and yes, I know there were others who had to know, 
i.e. Dumbledore, but Peter made it public knowledge).  

As for him offering to take Harry and being in shock.. That doesn't 
really surprise since he's looking upon a baby that he is godfather 
to and he had to know how much Lily's family sucked.  He was best 
friends with them.  It makes perfect sense he'd be out of it but 
could still string thoughts together about what was to be done with 
the baby.

Anyway, very interesting thoughts and I can't wait to see what JK will 
do with the memory of Sirius.  

Back to lurking. :-)

Robyn