Did DD lie about the Prophecy? / Sirius

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 118035


Kelsey wrote : 
"First of all. Sirius asked Harry to come live with him, once Sirius'
name was cleared. So he wasn't trying to suggest that Harry hide out
with him on the run or something. Sirius and Harry were assuming, at
that point that Sirius would be cleared, he would be free to walk the
streets and live a normal life, and buy a nice house in the suburbs
(not Grim-old-place) and live happy normal wizards lives. Haha, sob."

Del replies :
Well, yes, but that's precisely the problem : Harry *couldn't* go and
live a happy normal wizard life with Sirius. He *needed* to stay at
Privet Drive for his own protection. But can you imagine DD trying to
explain that to Harry ? Harry would have blown up a pipe or two...

Kelsey wrote :
" So, he thinks logically that Voldemort will come after him, best
friend of James. Sirius is willing to die to save the Potters, but he
knows that that is not enough. So he uses his intelligence to protect
them, using the SK switchero. (Hey, it would have worked perfectly if
Wormtail wasn't the spy. In fact, it worked so well that 13 years
later, everyone, including DD thought Sirius was the SK). It's not
Sirius' fault that Wormtail lived up to his name."

Del replies :
Still not convinced, sorry. Let's go over the possibilities once
again, shall we ?

1. Sirius manages to escape LV long enough for whoever to get rid of
LV. In that case, he might as well have been SK himself.

2. LV manages to capture Sirius.

2.1. Sirius dies without revealing anything, in which case, again, he
might as well have been the Secret Keeper himself (though I wonder if
that would have meant that the Potters would have remained invisible
to everyone for the rest of their lives ?)

2.2. Sirius cracks under torture and reveals that Peter is the SK.
After that, all LV has to do is grab Peter, and he will obtain the
Secret very easily, even if Peter is a good guy.

I still fail to see how the SK switch was such a brilliant idea.

Del