Lupin visiting Sirius in Azkaban

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 112135

Magda
"Of course Dumbledore didn't know Sirius was innocent. How could he?  
Once he found out - by questionning Sirius before the hospital scene
in POA - he did what had to be done to prevent Sirius from being
dementored.  And he was a heck of a lot more effective at saving him
than Sirius was at saving himself."

DufffyPoo:
I don't believe DD knew Sirius was innocent at the time of the betrayal/Muggle-murders.  I do believe he came to the knowledge before the end of PoA and the questioning though, based on OotP, "We entered your third year.  I watched from afar as you struggled to repel Dementors, as you *found Sirius, learned what he was* and rescued him."  Why would DD let HP get this close to someone he believed to be a mass murderer, betrayer of HP's parents, and - according to Fudge - someone who escaped Azkaban to kill HP?  Everyone else was trying to keep HP away from Sirius Black, but DD let him go to him.  Doesn't make sense unless DD found out Sirius was innocent between the S-K switch and the Azkaban break-out.

I also have a problem with DD with the whole Time Turning Sirius rescue thing.  Yes, if he hadn't been rescued he would have been soul-sucked.  However, Hermione said "Don't you understand? We're breaking one of the most important wizarding laws! Nobody's supposed to change time, nobody!.....Professor McGonagall told me what awful things have happened when wizards have meddled with time...."  And what happened here because wizards meddled with time?  Sirius and Buckbeak were rescued.  Sirius and HP became close enough that LV could use Sirius to bring HP to the ministry which caused Sirius to go to the ministry and be killed.  DD set the whole thing in motion by messing with time, yet he doesn't apologize for that in OotP, only for not telling HP about the prophecy, and that LV would use him to get the prophecy, but IMO, DD caused the whole mess by messing with time.

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