[HPforGrownups] Who is Harry's guardian? WAS: Re: Identifying with Muggles -

[Magpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 158381

Orna:
Sirius felt guilty as hell, and acted guilty as hell. It seems that
he didn't mind what was going on with him any more - once the
Potters were dead  So it seems he didn't put much of a fight to
connect DD and tell his side of the story. (Come to think of it - he
knew he was Harry's godfather, and that Harry's parents were dead.
Why didn't he try to reach DD, if only for Harry's sake? He acted
only when he found PP was endangering Harry. And perhaps it might
added, that he wanted to revenge. Because that's the way he acts in
PoA - not a man trying to seek justice, but to commit the murder for
which he was sentenced). In PoA when Harry accuses him of killing
his parents - he admits it. He doesn't seek DD out to tell him his
story, but prefers bursting into Hogwarts, with a knife and trying
to kill PP by himself. DD didn't know of PP being an animagus, so he
had no way of figuring out, that PP stayed alive.

Magpie:
All true, but I don't think that changes what Sherry is saying.  However 
Sirius acted it, it was still just as important for people to objectively 
find out the truth--"he was acting guilty as hell" is a really dangerous 
thing to base a justice system on.  It's not unheard of for people to 
confess to crimes they did not commit, and in Sirius' case he was actually 
wasn't so much acting guilty but acting as exactly what he really 
was--James' best friend who was shocked and grieving over what happened to 
his friend, particularly because of his decision about being SK.

I'm pretty surprised DD didn't seek Sirius out and find out exactly what 
happened and why--even if he thought he was guilty I think he'd need to know 
why. DD is somebody who seems known for understanding why people do things, 
even if it's after the fact, and there honestly never seemed to be any 
understanding with Sirius, even a fake one. What did people think about why 
he was the traitor?  With Peter, once the truth was out, people could see 
how he would have gone to LV.

As for his sneaking around with a knife, the man had been in prison for 
years at that point with iirc no trial.  I can see why he'd work as a free 
agent rather than go to the authorities.

-m