Why did SIRIUS ask JAMES to switch to PETER?

Sirius thought that Peter was weak, he also knew there was a potential spy in the order ... so why in the world would he risk switching to Peter? It doesn't make sense ... it might have bought James and Lily a little bit of time but that's about it ... #harrypotter #siriusblack #dumbledore #voldemort

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[creativecharacters]

Sirius wanted to out think voldemort, he would be a decoy secret keeper.. let everyone believe it was him, have them chase him. Make Peter the real secret keeper who was supposed to lay low. Sirius wanted to protect Peter to, since everyone thought it was him no one would go looking for Peter. His mistake of course was overestimating peters loyalty to himself and the Potters.

[neelanjanan.d.]

Sirius explains that in prisoner of Azkaban that voldemort will obviously think the secret keeper is sirius and he said nobody will ever think someone like peter will be made secret keeper when there is sirius and remus and then james and lily will be safe. It was all part of their plan

[jameypadilla]

I find it funny that dialogue from the book is used to make the argument, and yet the plot hole being suggested is explained in the book.

[popawebmeister]

It IS still utterly stupid that James didn't become secret keeper himself.

At first, we were led to believe that the people being hidden couldn't be the keeper, yet in book 7 Bill is mentioned as the secret keeper for Shell Cottage... his own house.

[ajwatcher]

Because the fact Sirius was James' best friend was public knowledge. He would be 'too obvious' of a choice for a secret keeper

[semajbrown]

I think it’s the same as having Hagrid take Harry to the Weasley house over having him ride with Mad eye. Mad eye was the most capable and seemed like the one you would most trust with a valuable asset(Harry). So he is the one you would go after first while Hagrid is the least likely. Same thing but with Sirius being mad eye and Peter being Hagrid

[thehistoryfreak]

You have to remember context. Sirus was 21 yr old and he was thinking, probably in a stupid confident way, that he could outmaneuver Voldemort by picking Peter. Also sirus was doubting lupin allegiance at the time due to the times. Remember the first wizarding war was very different than the second. Nobody knew who was on who side, people were disappearing, and everyone was under attack. Situs probably was on his guard and never thought Voldemort would go to a weakling like Peter nor did he suspect Peter was the spy. Thus led to the plan that made Peter secret keeper and thus very realistically it was a combination of bad decision making, putting trust in wrong person and being in environment where stress was high and people were constantly on edge

[Cab]

They say in the books that he switched because he was afraid Lupin was a traitor and he knew everyone would overlook Peter and come after him anyway. He was trying to keep buying everyone more time. 🤷‍♀️

Unfortunately, he fell for the same thing he was counting on everyone else falling for - He was aware someone in their circle was a mole, and he never thought it could possibly be Peter. Then he specifically chose Peter to keep the secret because he assumed no one would ever think it could possibly be him. But Peter was a rat the whole time.

[agentapples]

Sirius would’ve been the obvious choice as a secret keeper. That’s why he wanted Peter to be the keeper. It would’ve worked if Peter didn’t betray them

[LordePhantom]

Sirius' plan was to trick Voldemort himself, remember when they switch to Peter. Sirius went into hiding so he wanted Voldemort after him while Peter hide and the Potters hide.

After thry were found dead he knew who the snitch was and it was why Hagrid didn't want him to take baby Harry as he thought he was a Death Eater which is why he left his flying motorbike with Hagrid

[HarryPercy]

They should have let Albus Dumbledore be the secret keeper.

[ryangooseling]

Because Sirius was their best friend, he was the logical choice. They were trying to choose someone who wouldn't be expected to be a secret keeper

[gajapokemonz]

If the secret keeper dies everybody who knows the secret will become the secret keeper. Sirius suspected lupin to be the spy so he didn't want him to become the secret keeper.

[christinedaae]

Because, if my beloved Sirius died defending The Potters, he wouldn’t have been around for his godson, Harry! Plain and simple!

[johnt.inscrutable]

Don’t forget that Peter was already in the service of the dork lord. No one thought Peter would ever be given such a responsible bit of work. Sadly, Sirius overthought the thing. He was always willing to die for the cause or his friends as he eventually did. But calling into question that decision or casting aspersions on his courage is “not very nice of you”.

[Kneenjathemage]

The reason was because others knew it was Sirius, and they didn't fully trust them. Sirius himself says that he didn't tell Remus they had made the switch because he didn't fully trust Remus.

Also, Dumbledore offered to be the secret keeper, but they said "no" because they didn't fully trust him, but he did know/believe that it was Sirius.

It was just one additional layer of protection they thought of to even further reduce the number of people who knew who the actual secret keeper was.

[levanbordeaux]

You said “If Sirius was so WILLING to die for the Potters, why didn’t he?” Well my Friend, if I recall well, Harry is one of the Potters and if my memory doesn’t fail me, Sirius did die Protecting his Godson… Everything he ever did was in the best interest of his “Adoptive Family” 😊

[aleeenah]

Well that's briefly and beautifully explained in the POA.

Infact, that's exactly what Sirius Black wanted - he wanted voldemort and everyone to bliv that he was the keeper.
So if voldemort comes chasing, it will be behind Sirius whom he will go, which keeps the potters safe following the fact that the secret keeper was changed since nobody would even think about pettigrew being one.

Sirius' idea was actually a brilliant one 🥹
He succeeded what exactly he wanted with the plan.
The whole wizarding world always believed that Sirius was the keeper and who betrayed them.

Sirius would've been undoubtedly be happy to die rather than betraying the potters 🥹💗💎

It was that dumb pettigrew who exploited the plan and misused the Black's & Potter's trust on him out of his greed for power..

[krlost]

He wanted to blindside Voldy but was blinsided by Peter... 😢

[jackbridges]

He figured no one would suspect peter being the secret keeper