Secret Keepers/JKR Poll Question

[kiricat4001]

No: HPFGUIDX 148575

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "spotsgal" <Nanagose at ...> 
wrote:
  Where is the challenge in figuring out the identity of the
> Secret Keeper and getting the information from him when all the 
enemy
> has to do is kill a bunch of people? 

Marianne:

Although I'm sure Vmort and his minions would have derived some 
pleasure out of that activity ;-)

Christina:
 Even though (forgetting
> PP's status as a DE for a second) Voldemort would have been trying 
to
> capture Sirius, or whoever he thought the Potters' SK was, the FC
> would have afforded Sirius some protection in battle, since it 
would
> have been a big no-no to let him die.  (Although it was said that
> Sirius was going into hiding himself, which I still find sort of 
odd.)

Marianne:
I don't find it odd at all. If everyone was so sure that Sirius 
would be the Secret Keeper for the Potters, why not make it as hard 
as possible for the DEs to find him?  It keeps some DEs busy 
following a false trail and perhaps buys some time for the 
beleaguered good guys to try to rally their forces. 

Christina: 
> And I still wonder what happens to a secret if the secret itself
> dies...that is, did the charm on the Potters break when *they* died
> (although Harry was still alive)?  Or if the charm was more on the
> house, did it break when the house was destroyed?

Marianne:
Didn't the charm break when Peter revealed its contents to 
Voldemort, thus rendering the SK's protection moot?