Clarification - Godparent

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 131777

JJ:

> > I'd like to know why the Potter's didn't go with DD as SK - after 
> > all, isn't he the only one You-Know-Who ever feared, and couldn't DD 
> > have used additional spells to further protect the secret within 
> > him?

Chris:
 
>  My guess would be that the Potters trusted their friends above all 
> others. James had grown up with Sirius after all, and they were like 
> brothers. The person anyone relies on to not betray them is their best 
> friend. 

If the Potters knew the Prophecy, they knew that Dumbledore *did not*
have the power to vanquish Voldy.  Dumbledore could fall, whether
Voldy was afraid of him or not.

IIRC, Sirius describes the arrangement as a "double bluff"--Before
Voldy even considers anyone else, he has to eliminate both Dumbledore
and Sirius as secret keepers.

Sirus and the Potters surely thought it unlikely that he would ever
get far enough down the list to find Peter.

Amiable Dorsai