Scene with likeable James WAS: Re: Eileen Pince LONGish

[wynnleaf]

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>  
> > Alla:
> > See above. I may settle on **half crasy**, but I am unable to agree
> > that through PoA Sirius was totally normal. Sorry!
> 
> zgirnius:
> See above...we've barely seen him 'totally normal'. (It would be 
> completely cool if we get to meet normal Sirius behinfd the Veil in 
> Book 7...)

wynnleaf
I don't know whether or not we're seeing the "real" Sirius in POA, GOF
or OOTP, but it's interesting Dumbledore's treatment of Sirius in OOTP.

Even before Sirius was spotted at the train station in OOTP, he told
Harry that Dumbledore really didn't have any use for him other than
the use of 12 GP as a headquarters.  Why is that?  

We might say it was to keep Sirius safe.  But Sirius had already been
hiding from the MOM for 2 years -- and pretty successfully.  Voldemort
would have known of Sirius' animagus status right away, through
Pettigrew, but why would Sirius have any more difficult time avoiding
DE's as he did the MOM?  

And why be so careful of Sirius' life in particular, when other Order
members are certainly risking their lives?  Remus was sent to the
werewolves in HBP, and Snape has been a spy for a long while.  

I found myself wondering today whether those were really Dumbledore's
reasons for keeping Sirius at 12 GP.  Or maybe he just really didn't
want Sirius directly involved with Order missions.  After Sirius
rather poor judgement in pressing James to use Pettigrew as a secret
keeper, his actions in breaking into Hogwarts in POA, etc.  maybe DD
thinks Sirius is too much of a risk.

wynnleaf