NO BUT SERIOUSLY. BILL WAS HIS OWN SECRET KEEPER, SO WHY THE HELL WASN’T JAMES HIS OWN??? WHY DID HE H A V E TO CHOOSE SOMEONE ELSE?

gnvraweasley:

moderndaymarauder:

messed-up-stargazer:

gnvraweasley:

patronuscharm394:

gnvraweasley:

moderndaymarauder:

I have a theory on this.

What if James and Lily didn’t know that one of them could be Secret Keeper? But then, someone would tell them, right? Wrong.

Dumbledore essentially raised Harry ‘like a pig for slaughter’. And with a real pig the process begins as soon as it’s born. Dumbledore was head of the Order, right? And he knew the details of the prophecy.

What if Dumbledore deliberately had this information kept from the Potters? After all, by trusting anyone with a secret you increase the odds of somebody finding out. Someone like Voldemort.

Lily and James choosing an external Secret Keeper allowed Voldemort to find them and mark Harry as the Chosen One, bringing about his own eventual downfall. This couldn’t have happened if they’d have known they didn’t need Peter.

And Dumbledore knew it.

holy sh-
that makes a lot of bloody sense.

I also firmly believe that Dumbledore knew Sirius wasn’t the secret keeper

dumbledick strickes again.
this is why I have trust issues.

While the Dumbledore knowing Sirius was secret-keeper makes sense, Bill was not his own secret-keeper. Arthur Weasley was. When the Trio arrives at Shell Cottage Bill says, “Dads secret keeper.” The Fidelious Charm doesn’t work like that.

Oh.

not true. that was talking about Muriel’s.

““I’ve been getting them all out of the Burrow,” Bill explained. “Moved them to Muriel’s. The Death Eaters know Ron’s with you now, they’re bound to target the family – don’t apologize,” he added at the sight of Harry’s expression. “It was always a matter of time, Dad’s been saying so for months. We’re the biggest blood traitor family there is.”

“How are they protected?” asked Harry.

“Fidelius Charm. Dad’s Secret-Keeper. And we’ve done it on this cottage too; I’m Secret-Keeper here.”“