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

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No: HPFGUIDX 115843


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
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> Let's face it - Sirius *needed* Harry. Without his ties to Harry he 
was nothing - without Harry he has no credibility and no influence; 
nobody would cross the road to spit at him. And he plays on it for 
all he's worth; he wants the final say in what Harry knows, in what 
>Harry does. I can't think of a surer recipe for disaster.


Sirius and Lupin are old and close friends. Sirius was a member of 
the order probably before Harry was born. As such, he was one of the 
few in DD's nearest circle. For 12 years he was considered traitor, 
but now that DD and Lupin accept that he is innocent, he is returned 
to whatever "credibility and influence" he had before. 
As for the "final say in what Harry knows" - he wanted for Harry to 
know more, that DD will be more liberal with information. (Turns out, 
he was right - but that's not really the point.) He wanted more 
freedom for Harry, that he be treated more as an adult. How is that 
wanting to control Harry (which is implied in what you say)?

It's true that he needed Harry, but not for the reasons you mention. 
After losing everybody else, Harry was the only one left to him to 
love. Which is what made his attitude to him a little over intensive 
and demanding. Hardly surprising and certainly not to his discredit.


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