Confusing and Befuddlement Draughts

[JoAnna]

No: HPFGUIDX 93133

Silverthorne:
> 1) He's hotheaded 
> 2) He's a man of action as opposed to words 
> 3) He is aggressive, to the point of bordering on being a bully sometimes 
> 4) He usually does NOT listen to common sense unless Dumbledore is 
presenting it, and even then, he chafes at the bit, wanting to do 
whatever it is he wanted to do...you can even say he sulks about it. 

JoAnna:
Good points, all.  It occured to me during PoA that there was one 
way Sirius could have easily proved his innocence:  all he had to do 
was owl a letter to Dumbledore either explaining the situation (i.e. 
the truth about Pettigrew) or requesting a meeting so Sirius could 
prove his innocence.  Then all Dumbledore would have to do is call 
Ron up to his office and ask him to bring Scabbers along, and he 
could find out for himself if Scabbers really was Pettigrew.  Once 
that was found out, he could take Pettigrew to the Ministry, force-
feed Pettigrew some Veritaserum, and clear Sirius' name.  

Sirius, however, either didn't trust that Dumbledore would be 
willing to entertain the possibility of Sirius' innocence or didn't 
think of it, prefering to do things "his" way (i.e., get to Scabbers 
via Hogwarts, using violence if necessary).  And we all know how 
well that turned out.  (He also should have revived the bound Snape 
before showing Pettigrew, just so he could have another witness in 
addition to three teenage wizards, an escaped convict, and a 
werewolf, but Lupin didn't think of that either.)  Hindsight truly 
is 20/20.

- JoAnna