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[lapin-agile.livejournal.com]

Interesting update from Lucius!

I remain interested in whether the Order Only spell is working, and on its face, this post would seem (by its account of a Ministry crisis at dark-thirty o'clock; by Lucius' apparent outrage; by its assertion that the Protector's circle has been monitoring Sirius Black's posts, but that they've until now found them benign and judged them likely to alienate rather than draw readers) to indicate that Lucius and Voldemort are wholly unaware of Sirius' Order Only posts.

However.

Might alt_lucius not post exactly this if he and Voldemort have been reading ALL the posts all along? Obviously, Sirius expects to get some reaction: this gives him a predictable and satisfying reaction. Obviously, Voldemort and Lucius have a vested interest in bringing Sirius to ground, in bringing his threat to a quick head that will enable them to crush it once and for all: so it would do no good to tip that they are reading his secret posts, and this response robustly suggests they have not.


I'm not really suggesting that I think the Order Only spell doesn't work. I think it's most likely that it works just as billed. And I suspect that we can take Lucius at his word when he writes, "Meanwhile, this alerts the Ministry to a drawback to the journals, namely their ability to spread rumour, lie, and blatant treason if anyone is so foolish as young Black."


But.

I want to keep myself mindful that there IS another possibility. A possibility that would be fully consistent with Slytherin-style, Death Eater-ish, Dark Lordly behaviour.

Comments

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure he should be so dismissive. She clearly has *somebody* in mind, and no matter who it is, the thought of seeing someone else harmed on his behalf should be a frightening one. I guess he sort of has to laugh it off, though, or else he'd be immobilized out of fear, and that wouldn't do anybody good.

I hope he is able to continue his "Grim Truth" posts, though, and that at least one non-Gryffindor student starts to hear a little sense in what he's saying and has their world shaken by it.

[black-dog.livejournal.com]

This makes me wonder -- who is Sirius close to? It might be that a motive for bringing Regulus back to England is to have some leverage for Sirius' good behavior -- do you suppose, in this world, that Sirius is an important enough dissident for that to be part of the Lord Protector's plans?

Also, I'm pleasantly mystified by wondering what's up between Sirius and Remus. Remus spent a lot of time abroad (http://alt-lupin.livejournal.com/951.html?style=mine) before coming home -- reportedly with Greyback, at least for a while. But there's some tension between S and R that reads like history and hard personal feelings, if I'm not getting too fandomy there. I keep going back and forth on whether I can fit the Remus peg into the villain hole or the hero/spy hole. If Sirius and Remus are allies and friends, then maybe the tension in their conversations is meant to hide that fact from people who may be looking for a lever against Sirius. Though I may be over-thinking all this -- it's just an area where I keep nosing around for more evidence.