In defense of DD WAS musings on Dumbledore - Even Longer

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 158671

> Alla:
> 
> Do you see Lily going along with something she did not want? I 
frankly don't. That is why IMO Sirius is the guardian she would want 
for her kid, not because he was James' best friend, but because he 
loved Harry. snip.
>  
> Sherry adds:
  I absolutely cannot see her just going along with
> Sirius as guardian, to placate James.  Not where her child's 
possible future is concerned.  It was war time.  She very well knew 
her child could end up an orphan.  She would have insisted that the 
best possible guardian for her son was chosen.  Both she and James 
would have.  In my opinion anyway.  She doesn't seem to have been 
the type to say something akin to, whatever you want, dear.
> 


Tonks:
That is not what I meant. What I was saying was that it was 
necessary for Harry to have at least one Godparent for his Baptism 
and because Sirius was James' best friend he would be given that 
honor. By *both* James and Lily.  In my mind a Godparent and a 
guardian are two different things.  But as I remember now I guess 
Sirius was able to sign Harry's permission slip, which in itself is 
a bit odd because Petunia and Vernon were still his legal guardians 
at the time. So did he have 3?  Or did Sirius sign in his duties as 
Godparent?  It all seems a bit confusing. But I did not mean that 
Lily was the "yes dear" type!! I do not see Lily that way either.  
(On the other hand, Petunia is a submissive housewife to a point, 
but when push comes to shove, she isn't either.)

I wish JKR would explain all of this to us, as to just what roll 
does Sirius have? 

Lets say that a Godparent is a legal guardian. If that be the case, 
I think the fact that Hagrid had the kid and the guardian's 
motorcycle that Sirius must have somehow given his consent to Harry 
being with his aunt. I know that this isn't canon either, but the 
bike and Hagrid and the kid all together is. I think that is as good 
a piece of evidence as any. Instead of blaming DD, maybe you should 
blame Sirius.

Tonks_op