DD and the rat (was:Re: Minerva McGonagall-/Dumbledore)

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No: HPFGUIDX 115641


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:
> > Carolyn:
> > What canon says is, in the words of Fudge: 'DD..had a number 
> of  useful spies..One of them tipped him off, and he alerted 
> James & Lily  at once...told them that their best chance was the 
> Fidelius Charm'. 
> > What Sirius says is: 'I persuaded Lily & James to change to 
> Peter at  the last moment'..
> > 
> Pippin:
> But when Lupin and Sirius forced Peter out of hiding, he had no 
> choice but to turn to the Dark Lord for protection from his old 
> friends. This answers another question; why, now that Peter has 
> lent Voldemort a hand, is  the Dark Lord still keeping him 
> around? Surely he's more liability than asset...unless the Dark 
> Lord needs Peter as blackmail material to keep Lupin in line.  
> 
> I don't think there was any way Dumbledore knew about the rat.  
> Even if Dumbledore went to Azkaban and interviewed Sirius, 
> would Sirius have revealed that he, James and Peter were 
> animagi if he thought it would get Lupin in trouble?


You won't be surprised that I'm getting more and more unhappy about
this Fedelius fiasco.

OK; what do we know?
We know it is an immensely difficult charm.
We know that DD was worried and offered to be the SK himself.
We know everyone assumed Sirius was the SK.

That's it. Everything else is up for grabs so far as I'm concerned.

Sirius thought Lupin was the traitor,
Lupin and the rest of the WW thought Sirius was the traitor,
A small group now think that Peter done the dirty instead and
Peter's demeanor suggests they may be right.

But it might not be that simple.
Why was Peter, a wimp and wet of the first order, chosen as SK?
Sure, we've heard Sirius expounding his misdirection theory, and
a fine load of old claptrap it is. Why Peter when DD himself has 
volunteered? Only  one reason I  can think of - Peter's weak, he'll
break easily.
Because it did cross my mind that to send the Potters to their doom
you don't need to tell Voldy their address, you only need to tell him
Peter's address. 

Peter breaks and gets the blame - but he doesn't, because he did 
something totally unexpected - he survived. Voldy didn't kill him
once he'd been drained dry. There should have been another
body at GH - the SK who gave them away. But he lived and the true
author of the disaster must wipe him out as soon as possible, he
probably knows more than is healthy for the well-being of the
hidden double-dealer.

As Sirius says, "You should have died!"

Kneasy