James trusted all of them
Was talking to a friend about wolfstar, and about how they didn’t trust each other during the first war with Voldemort. However, this Librarian thinks that when it came to picking a secret keeper, James Potter didn’t care about any of their suspicions.
He trusted all of them, equally, but whoever he chose as secret keeper would be forced to go into hiding as well as him. Now, you’ve got an amazing group of friends, a family, who once a month come together (or try to), to protect another friend from hurting himself. So if the stag is forced to go into hiding, and another member has to go into hiding too, then the real choice James is making is, which marauder to leave behind to protect Remus from the wolf?
The rat cannot stop a werewolf, cannot keep it safe, and once they leave school, doesn’t even help get the team into safe transformation space. Peter is the obvious choice to send into hiding. He doesn’t get cabin fever like Sirius does, and it leaves Sirius to help take care of Remus.
We forget that they’re scared, and that James doesn’t know how long they’ll be in hiding. Even if he knew about Sirius and Remus being suspicious of each other, he’d still trust that Sirius was the best to take care of Remus like he always had. James would still trust Padfoot to protect of Moony. James would trust Peter to hold their secret, just like he held their secret of being animagus.
And Lily? She’s pregnant, in a war, and within a few years of realizing that her once best friend, is actually evil and working for the people trying to kill her, a friend that has just recently betrayed her. She doesn’t know who to trust, so she trusts James decision.
He trusted all of them, with his life. James Potter was just trying to protect his family, all of them.
Anyway, that’s just this Librarian’s thoughts, and if you know of a fic that showcases this please share!
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