Dumbledore's role in Sirius' death was Re: ESE!Snape (Was loads of other stuff)

[pippin_999]

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Alla:
> If I pretend for a second that I believe that Sirius is really
dead, 
 then the answer is Yes, that is what I think. Of course, even 
 completely sane Sirius would have wanted to rush to Harry's 
rescue,  but would he have been in the better emotional 
condition, he would  have at least lsitened to sound advise (I 
think), even if that was  advice from Snape. :o)
> 

Pippin:
I guess we'll just have to disagree on that.  Sirius had a saving 
people thing, and he  had it a lot longer than Harry. IMO, he'd 
have gone to the Ministry no matter who told him to stay behind.  
After losing Lily and James the way he did, how could he have 
lived with himself  if something had happened to Harry and he 
hadn't tried to help?
 
> Neri:
> You can still keep an eye on someone's house or favorite 
place, and whatever are the limitations on tracking apparating 
wizards, they  apply the same to Lupin, Moody and the rest of the 
Order members. <

Pippin:
Perhaps that's why they weren't doing it either. As far as we 
know, watch was not kept on the Malfoy manor or the exterior of 
the Ministry. Nor does either side seem to have been keeping 
exterior watch on Grimmauld Place. 

Guard was kept on the targets: Privet Drive and the entrance to 
the Department of Mysteries. And the guard on Privet Drive 
wasn't to keep the Death Eaters from getting in, it was to make 
sure Harry wasn't set up by the Ministry, who would have loved to 
have evidence that Harry is not only unstable, he's in league with 
the Death Eater Sirius Black. Nope, can't send Sirius there.

As for the DoM, suppose Sirius instead of Arthur had been on 
duty the night Nagini attacked. Do you think he'd have been 
rushed to St. Mungo's? He'd have been kissed on the spot. 

Neri:
>I was referring only for wasting his great potential  for a whole 
year doing house cleaning and feeding a hippogryph<

Pippin:
Potential to do what?  I'm afraid  the mission wouldn't have 
interested Sirius unless it was really dangerous, and on any 
dangerous mission, somebody might have made a mistake  
and he might have died. 

I think the real complaint here is against JKR, who's up against 
the same problem Shakespeare had with Mercutio. It seems a 
sad waste to create  a wonderful character only so he can 
die and make the hero feel like a failure. But that, I'm afraid, is 
what Sirius was for.

Pippin