Ungrateful Werewolf ( Was Re: Character Given A Reprieve)

[guzuguzu]

No: HPFGUIDX 175651

Mim:

> That's where you and JKR lose me. The Fidelius Charm is the ultimate 
> protection because James trusts his friends. But he knows that 
> someone may go after the Secret Keeper and that's why Sirius decides 
> to change. So as they would go after Sirius and possibly murder him 
> torture him and the rest they could go to Peter too and murder him 
> torture him and the rest. Peter doesn't have to betray him for the 
> Secret Keeper business not to be full proof. And since it hinges on 
> James' blind trust to his friends, then how can he blindly trust 
> them and at the same time suspect Remus? So he blindly trusts the 
> others and not Remus?

guzu: 

I am with you on this confusion. I was further confused by the
revelation in DH that you can go into hiding and be *your own* secret
keeper for the Fidelus Charm (DH page 390 UK edition). Both Arthur and
Bill are their own secret keepers. So assuming this is not an author
oversight, could there have been anything else going on with the
Marauders Secret Keeper Fiasco? Could it have been a strategy to try
to figure out whose loyalties were where, but it worked way too well?
(I'm sorry if this point was brought up elsewhere-- I did a search and
didn't see it). 

guzu