Some Dumbledore ranting/ some Sirius WAS: Re: Harry as godfather

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 179242

Alla wrote:
> <snip>
> My point is that to me to go against the will of great Albus 
> Dumbledore ( yes, I am being sarcastic here) would have been a 
> totally useless move, Which again does not stop me from saying that 
> Sirius should have done it, and I believe that he would, since even 
> being devastated, he DID try to claim Harry.
> 
> Hard enough? NO, but with Fudge taking directions from DD at that 
> time, I have no doubt that Sirius would have sero success claiming 
> Harry or attempting to enter his life.
> 
> But let me say again, he should have tried.

Carol responds:
And do you really think that Sirius Black, had he not gone after Peter
Pettigrew but had gone to Dumbledore instead, would have argued
against the blood protection that only Petunia could give Harry, or
that he would not realized that Harry would be safer hidden among
Muggles than on the run with him? If Black insisted on his rights as
"guardian"/godfather under those circumstances, then, IMO, he cared
more about himself than about Harry's safety. He might have asked for
the right to peek in on Harry unobserved once in awhile, but to take
him away from the only spell that could protect him if LV rose again
seems supremely selfish to me.

I do agree that Black could not have won against Dumbledore in any
case, which makes the whole argument rather pointless, but I would
hope that he would be persuaded by the child's best interests rather
than his own. If not, he's an unfit guardian whatever his legal rights
(which are not established in canon).

Carol, opting out of the argument since Child!Harry's safety trumps
Sirius's rights for me any time