Now I want to see Quidditch players and Wizengamot members sabotaging each other with mackled malaclaw venom. Maybe that's why the Chudley Cannons always lose?
Good point about manipulation becoming almost a reflex for him. He might not even be planning as such; he just can't help himself anymore.
If he was Secret-Keeper and somehow Lily and all the Marauders died, he could also mislead people. "You see, they considered putting it about that they had made one person Secret-Keeper while secretly using another." Which, sure, is true, but doesn't mean that's the plan they went ahead with...
Or heck, if they used Dumbledore as Secret-Keeper, he could agree that why yes, telling everyone the SK was Sirius was a marvelous idea! Tell everyone!
Did Sirius then coincidentally walk into an ambush the same night the Potters were attacked? Double-crossed by the Death Eaters, obviously. The knew he wouldn't be a reliable DE given how ready he was to betray his best friend. And if he manages to survive somehow, well, how much you want to bet that Dumbledore studied how Tom stuck his memory of killing the Riddles into Morfin's head so seamlessly? I bet Sirius would remember being Secret-Keeper and writing that note to Voldemort by the time the Aurors caught up with him.
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Date: 2023-02-26 04:20 am (UTC)Good point about manipulation becoming almost a reflex for him. He might not even be planning as such; he just can't help himself anymore.
If he was Secret-Keeper and somehow Lily and all the Marauders died, he could also mislead people. "You see, they considered putting it about that they had made one person Secret-Keeper while secretly using another." Which, sure, is true, but doesn't mean that's the plan they went ahead with...
Or heck, if they used Dumbledore as Secret-Keeper, he could agree that why yes, telling everyone the SK was Sirius was a marvelous idea! Tell everyone!
Did Sirius then coincidentally walk into an ambush the same night the Potters were attacked? Double-crossed by the Death Eaters, obviously. The knew he wouldn't be a reliable DE given how ready he was to betray his best friend. And if he manages to survive somehow, well, how much you want to bet that Dumbledore studied how Tom stuck his memory of killing the Riddles into Morfin's head so seamlessly? I bet Sirius would remember being Secret-Keeper and writing that note to Voldemort by the time the Aurors caught up with him.