The Second Prophecy plus a correction

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 117984


 
> Bookworm:
> Kneasy's theory has a certain logic by itself.  The problem I 
> have with ESE!Sirius and ESE!Lupin theories is James.  Was he such a 
> bad judge of character that -two- of his best friends went over to 
> Voldemort?

Annemehr:
All of his friends!  All three of them!  Well, maybe not. :)  The ESE
theories can stand alone, so really, any combination of them can be
true, as long as it includes ESE!Peter (now there's a challenge: come
up with an Innocent!Peter theory!).  But going by "Snapes Worst
Memory," I could readily believe that James was not so good at
choosing friends when he was young and arrogant.  I'm sure Lily's
good; she's probably the one who deflated his head, but he never broke
with his friends, evil or not.

Bookworm: 
> That said, the way Sirius is portrayed encouraging Harry to take 
> risks in OoP is so opposite from his cautiousness in GoF there seems 
> to be a disconnect somewhere.

Annemehr:
I keep coming back to Kreacher. I notice that during the Christmas
holiday, between the kids' arrival (when Sirius told Kreacher "Out!")
and Kreacher's reappearance, Sirius was much more cheerful.  There was
a noticeable relapse in his mood just before term started again, after
Kreacher's return.  Again, the time Harry used Umbridge's fire to talk
to Lupin and Sirius about Snape's memory in the pensieve, Kreacher was
also missing ("hiding in the attic again"), and Sirius was again in a
good humor.

Now that Sirius is dead, it's all beside the point for him.  Yet, I'll
be watching out in the future for Kreacher.  It's the old "poisoning
Sirius" theory that was out months ago, of course.  I still think it
likely that Kreacher found something evil in that evil house that he
kept dosing Sirius with, whenever he was there.  Funny, it was
Dumbledore who made sure *Sirius* was always there, locked up with
Kreacher, so he may have been more responsible for Sirius' death than
he knows. 

This is all assuming Sirius was not evil, of course! ;)

Annemehr