[HPforGrownups] Re: In defense of DD WAS musings on Dumbledore - Even Lon...

[sunnylove0 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 158681

In a message dated 9/23/2006 7:02:10 PM Mountain Standard Time,  
tonks_op at yahoo.com writes:

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. 
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I always thought DD let that one slide, because a) it was the only chance  
Harry was likely to get and b) Sirius was no longer a threat.
 
I'd like to make a couple of miscellaneous points however: First, as Harry  
says, in GOF, all this is mostly the fault of Voldemort and his megalomania and 
 Snape and whatever he was thinking. (As usual, who knows?)  Everybody else  
is trying to do the best they can for Harry through their rather large 
blinders,  Sirius and his hot-blooded temper and desire for action, Dumbledore and 
his lack  of insight into human nature, Petunia through her jealousy of her 
sister, her  terror of magic, and her fear that taking in Harry might tear her 
family apart  or mark them for death.
 
Secondly, I believe, in Sirius's defence, that the appointment of Pettigrew  
was a last-minute thought, since even if he had the best of intentions,  
Pettigrew is certainly weak enough to break under torture almost  immediately.
 
Amber


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