What if Sirius Black was Gerald White wearing a pair of glasses?

Fans have some pretty insane theories but one points out that Sirius Black could have lived as a free man. If he just wore glasses…

Wizards aren’t smart so what if Sirius Black just became Clark Kent and wore glasses to confuse everyone? Remember how everyone just changed Buckbeak’s name and suddenly it was okay? Well fans have a theory that Sirius Black would have done the same. Or rather, that he should have.

The name? Gerald White and he’s a cousin of Remus Lupin. And want to know who this theory drives absolutely crazy? Snape. Mainly because you know that Lupin and Sirius would rub it in his face and continue to torment him with it even though the entire Order of the Phoenix would know it was really Sirius.

The point of this theory isn’t that Sirius Black would have survived but rather that the wizarding world lacks common sense. Which isn’t entirely wrong. They did, after all, completely ignore all of Harry’s information and wait until Voldemort killed a bunch of people in the Ministry of Magic to believe that he was back.

Which is basically the problem with the entire series. Wizards don’t want to believe things so they just play dumb. Obviously it isn’t the best plan of action but it is what happens repeatedly throughout the series as a whole. So we, as fans, have to just pretend like we don’t see the idiocy of the wizarding world.

Why? Well, because we love these idiots and we want them to succeed. Even if Hagrid literally changed Buckbeak’s name and everything ended up fine. So maybe Sirius Black wouldn’t get away with being Gerald White but it’d be worth a shot.

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At least enough to see Severus Snape frustratingly tell people that he didn’t know who Gerald was.