Sirius, Sirus, and more Sirius/ Blood protection

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> Julie:
> The more I think about it, the more I believe Dumbledore's
> actions may not have been about Sirius at all, but about the
> blood magic. He wasn't specifically trying to keep Harry 
> away from Sirius, and he may not have even formed an opinion
> on Sirius's guilt even though he had been told Sirius was 
> the secret-keeper.
Back to GH, I think Dumbledore was being proactive with 
> Harry, sending him to the Dursleys because THAT is where
> he would be completely safe. Sirius, even if innocent,
> couldn't provide Harry the same iron-clad protection.



Alla:

The problem  for me is that his actions are also about Sirius, no 
matter what IMO, even if he indeed was thinking primarily about 
blood protection and I have no problem believing that he indeed 
**was** thinking primarily about blood protection.  The problem for 
me is **why** he took it upon himself to decide that blood 
protection over the protection of love (I mean we do agree that 
Sirius loved Harry, right? More that Dursleys did?) would be the 
safest thing for Harry?

Do you know what I mean? Of course now I am going to my usual 
problems with blood protection thingy, which had not much to do with 
Sirius indeed.

Here we have Dumbledore deciding that this is what he needs to do to 
keep Harry safe, but it is not like he thought about it well in 
advance as far as we know yet at least. It is not like Lily thought 
about it well in advance ( we know that she did not know what would 
happen after her sacrificing her life for Harry - they did not plan 
it or anything like this, which I was incredibly happy to learn).

In fact what Lily wanted for her son it seems was to stay with 
Sirius and Lily certainly does not fit the rash and arrogant 
description for me.

In fact, when Dumbledore decides about blood protection, he may not 
have even known what Lily did, right? Unless someone who used 
invisibility cloak told him?

So, here we have Dumbledore in a matter of few hours ( or even less) 
making a decision that blood protection charm indeed would be the 
best thing for Harry to stay safe.

In fact it would be so safe, that it is worth going against direct 
wishes of his parents and taking Harry away from his guardian, in 
fact it would be so safe that it is worth to disregard the warning 
of his Deputy who pretty much figured Dursleys out after watching 
then for **one** day. It would be SO safe that it is worth letting 
Harry be abused, etc.

How did Dumbledore decide that blood protection is what needed the 
most? Why don't we see that it indeed saved Harry?

In fact we have seen that Lily's protection worked quite nicely when 
Harry is not at privet Drive (when Quirrel tried to touch him for 
once), so that makes one wonder again, why Harry should have stay 
there?

Is Petunia's protection indeed works as additional layer? But we do 
not see yet (IMO) that it indeed saved Harry from anybody.

I understand this is all for the sake of the story, Harry leaving 
evil step parents works very poignantly in PS/SS, but it really 
cracks under the check of any rational thinking to me :) And I am 
not saying that we should apply completely RL thinking to this 
story, but Dumbledore's actions that night raise more and more 
questions for me now.

Alla:


Julie:
> And even though Sirius argued with Hagrid, he did finally
> give in. Whether he agreed that Harry would be safer 
> with the Dursleys or he was more intent on finding a
> certain rat than taking guardianship of his godson, it
> doesn't really matter much. His agreement sealed the
> deal, effectively transferring responsibility for Harry
> to Dumbledore. 


Alla:

As soon as Sirius has any hope on the horizon of clearing his name 
he offers Harry to stay with him. I sincerely doubt that he 
transferred any responsibility for Harry to Dumbledore, at least any 
long term responsibility.

Don't get me wrong, I think he should have taken Harry with him and 
left, going after Peter was certainly not wise ( understandable, but 
not wise), but Dumbledore's behaviour is questionable for me too.

IMHO,
Alla