Trusting characters Re: bullies? twins, padfoot and prongs

[naamagatus]

No: HPFGUIDX 118800


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "M.Clifford" <Aisbelmon at h...> 
wrote:
> 
> Azriona:
> > Opened right up to the scene, funnily enough.  Is this the quote 
> you mean?  From Chp 19 PoA:
> > 
> > "I thought it was the perfect plan...a bluff...Voldemort would be 
> > sure to come after me, would never dream they'd use a weak, 
> > talentless thing like you..."
> > 
> > Yup, I can see how that could be interpreted as Sirius playing 
the 
> > decoy.  It's an interesting idea, and one I hadn't thought of 
> before -
> >  but I'm still curious why Sirius, if he was playing the decoy, 
> went 
> > to check on Peter that night.  As the decoy, you'd think he'd 
> > actually stay far away from Peter, particularly if he was worried 
> > that the DEs could catch him at any time.  Why risk having them 
> catch Peter as well, and thus end up with both the decoy *and* the 
> real SK?
> > 
> 
> Valky:
> You are making perfect sense to me, I guess I can't really give any 
> answer to that.
> Peter was supposed to be in hiding and Sirius went to check on him, 
> which does seem like a flinty notion, someone other than the *bait* 
> should have been playing protector to Peter. 
> 
> I am painting JKR into a corner here, it was necessary for Sirius 
to 
> be first on the scene for plot reasons, so lets just say that he 
was 
> too cocky to know he shouldn't be playing both roles at once. How 
> about that? :D


Why not accept what Sirius said? He was worried when he hadn't heard 
from Peter. It was imperative to find out whether Peter was captured -
since Peter was the Secret Keeper, he was the only one who could 
endanger the Potters. And who else could have been sent to check on 
Peter? The Potters were the target, so they certainly couldn't leave 
their hiding place, and Lupin wasn't trusted. It had to be Sirius. 
And if Peter had been captured, there's obviously no need for Sirius 
to continue being the decoy and remain in hiding.

Naama