Trusting characters Re: bullies? twins, padfoot and prongs

[naamagatus]

No: HPFGUIDX 118861


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sharon" <azriona at j...> wrote:
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>
> >Naama:
> >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. 
> >
< 
> Something I just discovered this evening, which might interest 
you:  
> Chp 19 PoA, Sirius: "The night [James and Lily] died, I'd arranged 
to check on Peter, make sure he was still safe..."
> 
> It wasn't a spur of the moment thing.  Sirius wasn't just dropping 
by because he'd suddenly had a bad feeling, or because he was getting 
> antsy.  He wasn't even feeling particularly worried about Peter 
when he went to look for him, until after he'd arrived.  Why?  
Because he'd *planned* to be there - and what's more, Peter *knew* 
that Sirius would be stopping by.  (Who else would Sirius 
>have "arranged" the meeting with, the Easter Bunn)?
> 
> Pretending I'm Sirius for a moment: I have, on schedule, showed up 
at the SK's house, who isn't there.  Maybe I wait around for a few 
> minutes, thinking perhaps Peter has popped out for a drink or a 
loaf of bread.  But time goes by, and Peter's still gone, and I'm 
getting worried, and then my Spidey-sense starts tingling...and I go 
straight to GH.  To find it a ruined mass of burnt lumber....
> 
> Now, it's all well and good if Sirius wanted to see if Peter had 
been captured.  But if that was the case, why did he go to GH first?  
Why didn't he go to Dumbledore?  "Yo, Dumbledude, we screwed up and 
> Peter's captured, I think."
> 
> At that point, Sirius wasn't worried about Peter - he was worried 
> about James and Lily.

If Peter was captured, there is not much Sirius can do for him. But 
if he is captured, it may be that at that very moment he is telling 
Voldemort where the Potters are, exposing them to attack. It makes 
perfect, total sense for Sirius at that moment to rush over to the 
Potters. 
As for contacing DD - we've seen in OotP that order members went to 
Harry's help on their own initiative, not waiting for DD to tell what 
to do. If Sirius thought that the Potters were in danger, rushing to 
their aid was the right thing to do.

> 
> And for that matter - if Peter was the Secret Keeper - how'd Sirius 
> know where to find James and Lily anyway?  Are we assuming that the 
> moment the spell was cast, Peter told Sirius where to find them?

Maybe. Or not. In any case, he would know the location of where they 
were hiding.
> 
> 
> >Naama:
> >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.
> >
> 
> True, very true.  Sirius was in the free and clear to run around 
like crazy once he knew Peter had been compromised.  But being a 
decoy and remaining in hiding are two entirely different things: 
being a decoy involves being *seen* by the enemy, to lure them in a 
different direction.  Hiding involves staying low, staying out of 
sight, staying safe.  Sirius had to have been doing one or the other 
<snip>

No. You are taking 'decoy' too literaly, as thought Voldemort is a 
dog that follows a physical trail. Sirius functions as decoy simply 
by being the most likely person to be the Potters' Secrect Keeper. 
Assuming that Voldemort would be focused on finding Sirius, hiding as 
well as he can will force Voldemort to put more energy, more time, 
more attention to trying to find him. It makes things safer for 
Peter, too, that Voldemort will focus on searching for him (besides 
making it safer for Sirius, obviously).



Naama