Sirius and Confusing and Befuddlement Draughts

[huntergreen_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 93194

JoAnna Wrote:
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>>IMO, all Sirius had to do was owl Dumbledore with the facts - "We 
were unregistered Animagi - I was a dog; James, a stag; and Peter, a 
rat. If you don't believe me, ask Lupin. Peter was Secret-Keeper, we
switched, he was working for Voldemort." Dumbledore would certainly
have been able to at least verify that MMWP were unregistered Animagi
by talking with Lupin.<<

HunterGreen:
Which would have certainly worked. I think the point in PoA is that 
Sirius did not escape Azkaban with plans of clearing his name. That 
thought occurred to him *later* after Lupin had showed up. Sirius 
says himself that he wanted to 'commit the murder' he 'was imprisoned 
for'. IMO he escaped with plans of KILLING PETER, and that was the 
only clear thought he had aside from a curiosity and general worry 
about Harry. He didn't want to kill Peter to prove his innocence, but 
to get revenge on his and Lily and James' behalf. That's the same way 
he acted after they were killed. If he had sent an owl to Dumbledore 
explaining the secret-keeper switch, there is a good chance 
Dumbledore would have believed him (or at least met with him). But 
when he finds Lily and James dead, he doesn't appear to be concerned 
with his own guilt or innocence, only with catching up with the 
person responsible. I don't think in either situation did he have a 
plan for *afterwards*, perhaps because at that point nothing else in 
the world mattered.


JoAnna:
>>I think that the main difference between GoF Sirius and OotP Sirius 
is that GoF Sirius was *free* - he could come and go as he pleased, 
where he pleased, when he pleased. OotP Sirius was a prisoner in his 
own home, an imprisonment which I'm sure reminded him of Azkaban. Many
would become reckless and hot-tempered in that situation, though I'm
not discounting the possibility that a Bufuddlement Draught may have
been involved.<<


HunterGreen:
I completely agree. Personally, I can see definite clues pointing at 
a poisoning storyline, but I don't see the need for it. His actions 
were completely understandable to me without need for another 
explaination. Actually, if it turns out that way, it'll cheapen 
things a little, like he can't be depressed and moody unless there's 
some 'magical' reason for it, instead of making the story more 
complex it would simplify it.