I think Peter rules so I'm inclined to believe that he is slick enough to fool people, especially if they don't think to frequently scan his brain to check his loyalty. But there was other evidence lying around to implicate Peter that Dumbledore should have picked up on.
Dumbledore makes so many ridiculous mistakes, I don't know how to keep on making excuses for him when new readers ask me: "What's up with Dumbledore??"
At the very least, they had Sirius Black, they could have Occulmens-ed him or stuck his head in a pensieve thingy or done that spell they do on people's wands to see what they cast. Weren't they even slightly curious as to why he went bad? You'd think they'd want to answer some questions.
I also would like to know why they suspected Lupin, and if they did, why they didn't Occulmens him or whatever and get to the bottom of who was the traitor??
They're so sloppy ---BOTH sides in this "war" are!! It gives me the impression that if either side had ONE leader who actually acted rationally this whole thing would be over and done with in a week.
And then we'd have more chapters for Quidditch---forget I said anything, actually...
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Date: 2004-07-15 06:04 am (UTC)Dumbledore makes so many ridiculous mistakes, I don't know how to keep on making excuses for him when new readers ask me: "What's up with Dumbledore??"
At the very least, they had Sirius Black, they could have Occulmens-ed him or stuck his head in a pensieve thingy or done that spell they do on people's wands to see what they cast. Weren't they even slightly curious as to why he went bad? You'd think they'd want to answer some questions.
I also would like to know why they suspected Lupin, and if they did, why they didn't Occulmens him or whatever and get to the bottom of who was the traitor??
They're so sloppy ---BOTH sides in this "war" are!! It gives me the impression that if either side had ONE leader who actually acted rationally this whole thing would be over and done with in a week.
And then we'd have more chapters for Quidditch---forget I said anything, actually...