Sirius was right, Dumbledore was wrong

[olivierfouquet2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 93298

> The facts in OotP state plainly that Sirius was right all along, 
> while DD, as he admits in the end, was wrong. Sirius wanted to tell 
> Harry everything immediately when he came to Grimmauld Place. 
> The "responsible" Molly and Lupin had prevented him from doing so 
> according to DD's directions. Had the order been following Sirius' 
> advice, not only Sirius' death would have prevented, but Harry would 
> have recognized the nature of his dreams much earlier, and could have 
> got Occlumency lessons in a less antagonistic atmosphere, with DD 
> still around to sort out the problems. Sirius, while far from being 
> perfect (and who is?) instinctively understood that responsibility 
> should go with knowledge, and that the truth is generally preferable, 
> a policy which DD preaches but doesn't practice much. Sirius also 
> knew immediately that it will never do to let Snape teach Harry, 
> while the great DD was above such petty considerations. Next, Sirius 
> was the only Order member who at least tried to ensure that Harry 
> would have a secure channel of communication to Grimmauld Place, 
> another basic precaution that the omniscient DD just neglected to 
> take. Finally, when Sirius found out that his orphan godson was in 
> danger, naturally he had to go and help him personally. Any decent 
> person would have done just that. It was hardly Sirius' fault that he 
> got killed in a battle against a larger force, while dueling with a 
> DE who had just taken down two aurors. Had Sirius stayed behind and 
> left only Lupin, Moody, Kingsley and Tonk to fight against ten DEs, 
> it is likely that more than one of them would have got killed, and 
> also Harry and/or Neville, before DD would have reached the scene.
> 
> In conclusion: with the possible exception of Hermione, Sirius was 
> the most far-seeing, levelheaded and responsible person in OotP. This 
> is plain canon.
> 
> Neri

Now Olivier:

Great to see Sirius rightfully defended! I am totally with you: Sirius was right and the more 
"responsible" Molly and Dumbledore were wrong. I have always been particularly irked by 
people describing his coming to the MoM as rash whereas he's saving the life of his 
godson (not to mention the life of Ginny and Ron, whose parents didn't show up). 

That said, I think many people failed to see that because JKR cleverly mixed Sirius being 
instinctively right with Sirius failing to act reasonably. His suggestion that he come to 
Hogsmead as Padfoot and the way he stopped the discussion afterward was plain cruel to 
Harry for one thing. He's depressive, alcoholic, egoistical and was a bully. I always thought 
it was great from the JKR the way she has been able to balance character in OoP: Harry is 
rightfully angered against DD yet it caused Sirius' death, Sirius is right about his choice yet 
he looks completely irresponsible, Hermione is ever so clever yet she fails to achieve 
anything with SPEW (and with her feelings IMHO but that's more subtle), DD is ever so 
powerful yet his plan to spare Harry backfired, Snape had resaons to loathe James after all 
yet his failure to master his feeelings (supposedly his great ability) has dreadful 
consequences...

Great post anyway!

Olivier