The Fidelius Charm for the Potters & Voldemort

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 179289

> > Mike previously:
> > -<snip>-
> > 
> > They think up this great plan, whereby they put the unlikely 
> > Peter in as the SK, when everyone expects and they have actually 
> > told some that Sirius would be the SK. 
> 
> a_svirn:
> Not *some*. James told *Dumbledore* that Sirius was going to be 
> their secret keeper. 
> 
>  -<snip canon quote>-
> 
> So the Potters not only declined Dumbledore's services, but they 
> deliberately misled him about their plans. The most likely 
> conclusion is that they didn't trust the Venerable Headmaster.

Mike:
Was it your impression that all those rumors about Sirius being a DE, 
LV's number 2 in fact, got started just from Dumbledore's "giving 
testimony"? I also wondered why the Ministry officials that responded 
to the exploded street and dead Muggles think that Sirius was the 
guilty party, even though he hung around after the explosion (not the 
actions of a guilty man, imo). I guess I got the feeling that the 
word got out to more than just DD. 

For instance, if they were suspicious of Remus but didn't want to let 
him know they suspected him, wouldn't they have let him know that 
Sirius was going to be the SK? Just throwing that idea out there.


Trusting Dumbledore; Someone (may have been Steve) wrote a post that 
demonstrated how the Marauders were not like the other Order members. 
Whereas the others acted like subordinates, the Marauders were more 
like allies in the fight against Voldemort. They cooperated with 
Dumbledore but didn't take their marching orders from him. 

I can't say this is definitely supported by canon, but I think there 
is enough canon to say their relationship with DD was different. The 
SK rejection combined with the information they got from Bathilda 
(even if they didn't believe all of it) bespeak of a less than 
trusting relationship. Anyway, I liked this characterization. Of 
course, I like the Marauders, so I may be biased. ;)

Mike