Trusting characters Re: bullies? twins, padfoot and prongs

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 118869


Azriona: 
> > > No, actually, it doesn't.  When Sirius goes to find Peter, he 
> > > doesn't know where Peter is or why he isn't there.  Peter is in 
> > > the Order - for all Sirius knows, DD has called Peter over for 
> > > tea. 
 
SSSusan:
> > I don't agree with this remark.  As it was pointed out earlier, 
> > Sirius had *arranged* to meet Peter this night, to check on him.  

Azriona responds: 
> *smacks forehead*  Yeah, and that would have been me who originally 
> pointed out that Sirius and Peter had *arranged* to meet on that 
> night.  Call it momentary lapse of memory on my part.
> 
> Would Peter have stepped out for something as inconsequential as 
> tea, knowing the Sirius was on his way?  No, of course not.  But he 
> might have been called out for something more important - and yes, 
> I'll even agree that it could have been something that didn't bode 
> well for James and Lily.  But it could also have been something as 
> innocuous as a private meeting with DD - one which left no time to 
> contact Sirius to tell him of the change in plans.
> 
> Yeah, it's a stretch.  It still doesn't let Sirius off the hook.


SSSusan:
But off the hook for WHAT?  For reacting as most people would?  Or is 
that the crux of it -- that you *don't* believe most people would 
have reacted this way and so he's at fault somehow?  

To me, it seems pretty natural for a take-charge, action-oriented guy 
like Sirius, who I truly believe loved James like a brother & Lily 
about as much, who was godfather to Harry, to have taken off to 
investigate.  We don't know exactly how he arrived there; we don't 
know whether he arrived right smack dab out there in the open or 
whether he planned to sneak up surreptitiously...until he saw the 
demolished house.  So I guess I don't think he needs to be let off 
the hook for anything much, really, in *this* scene. 

My other quibble with your position has to do with something you 
suggested a couple of posts back -- that Sirius could've contacted DD 
and said that Peter was missing, that Peter was the SK, and that he 
was worried about J/L/H.  I guess my first question is:  Would it 
have been right to have gone that far and spilled all those beans, 
not yet knowing where Peter was or what had happened? If it turned 
out to be nothing, they'd have had to start over with a new SK/FC 
scheme, wouldn't they?  And my second question is that on one hand 
you seem to be arguing that Sirius should have taken the time to 
contact DD if he was going to rush off to GH, but on the other hand 
you're saying that there might not have been time for Peter to have 
contacted Sirius to call off their meeting.  Isn't that a double 
standard?  

[BTW, bring up other Sirius scenes--such as when he goaded Harry by 
saying *James* would have done such & so, and I might agree that he 
should be kept on the hook!]

Siriusly Snapey Susan