[HPforGrownups] Re: varying views of characters

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 191083

> > Alla wrote:
> > > I always felt that Dumbledore had some sort of moral obligation to
actually go and check a little bit deeper into Sirius' guilt or innocence.


Potioncat:
I think it shows just how strongly everyone believed Sirius was guilty. We
have the benefit of hind sight now, but think how we Harry, Snape,
McGonagall you name em, felt about Sirius in the earlier parts of PoA. 


Sherry:

Actually, I didn't believe, from the very beginning that Sirius was guilty
or that he had killed James and Lily.  It didn't feel right.  It felt almost
contrived.

In my defense, much as I despised Snape through all the books, I did not
believe he was trying to kill Harry in SS/PS.  It was just too convenient
for him to be the one, too set up to look that way to be true.  I felt the
same when we started hearing  about Sirius in POA.  And then, once we
learned the whole animagi thing, I knew he couldn't have done it, because a
dog wouldn't betray his pack that way.  But yeah, from the beginning, I
didn't believe he was guilty.  So, I wasn't surprised by his innocence and
was surprised and upset, that DD had seemed never to question it.  But it
would have messed with his plans to have Sirius free and clear before the
world.  Sirius being Harry's guardian, DD could not have overruled his
custody and sent Harry back to the Dursleys.

Sherry