The Droobles Blowing Gum Wrappers - Mystery Solved?

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 126687


tinglinger:
> What if Sirius as secretkeeper wrote the Potter's Hiding
> Place down on paper and then DIDN'T PROPERLY DESTROY IT?
> And what if Pettigrew found the paper and took it to
> Voldemort, where its authenticity can be verified either
> by Regulus Black or the Black family crest that appeared
> on the paper?  Once Voldemort had the location, the Potters
> were doomed.
> 
> I don't believe that Pettigrew was ever the Potter's 
> Secretkeeper as everyone claims. I can't beleive that
> Sirius would be that stupid given the low opinion everyone
> has of the little rat. McGonagall went on a rant with Madame
> Rosmerta as to how stupid and useless Pettigrew was. Why
> would Sirius think that changing secretkeeper to Pettigrew
> would work ? 

Jen: Now this is a very interesting take on the Droobles wrappers 
and one that fits really well except for this one little section. 
Even Sirius says that Peter was the SK, that "Lily and James only 
made you SK because I suggested it." (POA, Servant of Lord 
Voldemort). I can't imagine Peter would not protest that he *wasn't* 
the SK, and also why would Sirius lie about that part? It doesn't 
appear that Sirius was ever the SK, that before the Fidelius was 
performed he suggested Pettigrew instead.

As for the wrappers though, and their possible meaning, that's a 
nifty idea that *Alice* may be the one who accidentally misplaced an 
important piece of paper or in some way contributed to Godric's 
Hollow incident or the Longbottom torture. Maybe her SK (if they had 
one) accidentally left a paper lying about as you suggested, leading 
to the revelation of the Longbottoms location. You do make a very 
good canon argument for what can happen in the WW when people are 
careless with seemingly insignificant slips of paper.

Jen