The Continuing Tragedy of Severus Snape: Reflections on Books 1-5

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 164572

zgirnius:
> And illustrates my point. All who knew there was a Secret, were 
told Black was its Keeper. I presume the only people who knew the 
whole truth were the Potters, Sirius, and Peter (until he told 
Voldemort). I do think they must have been planning to use notes, or 
something of the sort, for Peter to communicate the secret to friends 
the Potters wished to enable to visit them. Because they did plan to 
keep Peter's role a secret, which means either they would never allow 
anyone to know the secret, or they envisioned a means of 
communicating IT without revealing Peter's involvement.

Ceridwen:
I'm so lazy tonight!  I could look it up, but I'd just rather not.  
Didn't Sirius also say that he planned to go into hiding so people 
would believe he was the SK?  A decoy move to keep suspicion off of 
Pettigrew.  If he did go into hiding, or if he had planned on doing 
so as soon as it was out that there was an SK for the Potters, then 
of course they would use notes to reveal the secret to whoever they 
wanted to come visit.  Sirius is in hiding to protect the secret, he 
left a few notes to give to a few close friends at the Potters' 
discretion.  Supports the InHidingSK!Sirius fiction, and allows Peter 
to divulge the information without being revealed as the true SK.

Ceridwen, who is really lazy tonight.