Cruel, Mean, and Nasty/Follow the Owls: Hedwig/JKR's comments

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 158807

Laura:
> I am driven to this theory because I don't think the Potters would 
> pick PP over DD.  
> 
> This is how DD can still come off as "epitome of goodness" and still 
> let Sirius go to jail.  He thought he *knew* Sirius was the SK. 
Since 
> JKR said DD is EoG, we have to make pieces fit as best as we can to 
> that. 
> 
> Not a ship, but does it float?

Magpie:
I think whether it floats or not (obviously there's no mention of it 
in canon) Dumbledore thought that Sirius was the Secret Keeper so it 
doesn't effect whether or not he was being the epitome of goodness at 
the time.  DD's mistake wasn't in whether he actually saw Sirius take 
the oath or not but in the fact that he assumes that Sirius being as 
far as he knows the Secret Keeper=Sirius being the spy and murdering 
Peter and a dozen Muggles.  All of these things fit into a perfectly 
neat story, but they don't automatically follow from the first 
assumption, which is wrong anyway.  

As to whether it works I don't know that it's more believable than the 
Potters just agreeing to Peter, who was, after all, a trusted friend 
they thought.  The alternative seems to have Sirius tricking James 
into entrusting his family to someone he hasn't agreed to entrust his 
family too, and that sounds like a much bigger thing to do.  I also 
think Sirius would probably have said something about it, because it 
would make him even more of an active help to Peter.  Getting further 
into the nebulous character area, it doesn't seem like Sirius would do 
that to James. 

-m