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[mamadeb]

For those who, like me, have been wondering about this very thing, JK Rowling says why Sirius never got Veritaserum.

(He might still have got it, *I* think, if his name had not been Black.)

ETA that this shows that the Ministry is as corrupt as the people it was supposedly fighting. Which is apparently one of her themes - Umbridge, after all, was not a Death Eater. She was just evil.

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[spiderine.livejournal.com]

*nods like a bobble doll* This is the way the Wizarding World works. It's a small, small world, and everyone has known everyone for generations, and people are still judged by their ancestors.

(This is a reason why Dungeons!Sirius didn't want to adopt Dungeons!Remus's daughter. He *knows* that once he slaps the name Black on her, that's the first thing that people will react to. That and the werewolf curse. She already has one strike against her, why go for 2?)

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

This is why I think that Dungeons!Sirius should announce that, as he's married to Dungeons!Remus and all, he's changing his name to Lupin. Then she wouldn't be a Black.

Also, I think he'd take great and amusing glee at doing so.

[spiderine.livejournal.com]

errr... the way I play him, he'd see that as cheating. A very Slytherin-ish way of wiggling out of the matter.