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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Penny would <BR>> still love to hear how
everyone is coming with their FAQs </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and is feeling or<BR>> a bit lonely &
forlorn & rejected ...)<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There, there. Sounds like you need a new Pettigrew
FAQ to cheer you up! </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's still a very rough
draft, so I'm going to post the FAQ here for anyone to comment on or
correct.</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Baaaaaa!<BR><BR>Aberforth's Goat
(a.k.a. Mike Gray)<BR>_______________________<BR><BR>"Of course, I'm not
entirely sure he can read, so that may not have
been<BR>bravery...."</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>_________________________________________</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Peter Pettigrew
FAQ<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><FONT
size=2>"Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow, Turn this stupid, fat rat yellow."
(Philosopher’s Stone, Chapter 6)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Was the spell a
dud? Did Ron mispronounce “daisies? Does that particular spell work only on
non-animagical rats? Only Pettigrew’s creator knows for certain, but one thing
is obvious: Peter, owner of the most abysmal charm quotient in Potterdom, could
have used the help. Grown women swoon over Sirius, notwithstanding a certain
canine pungency. Draco has inspired his fanfictional admirers to mordant wit and
leather trousers. Readers claim kinship with Percy, rationalize Ron and have
strange fantasies about Snape. Even Voldemort earns a bit a respect for
surviving four sizeable books without ever having bothered to learn from the
errors of other Evil Overlords (<A
href="http://minievil.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html">http://minievil.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html</A>).
But Pettigrew doesn’t cut muster. No one respects him, no one admires him, no
one fears him—and if anyone has ever lusted after him, they’ve kept very quiet
about it.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 340.05pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>THE LIFE AND
TIMES OF A RAT<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 340.05pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> ;
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Who is
Peter?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Pettigrew, or
rather Scabbers, shows up with Ron in chapter six of PS. Except for biting
Goyle’s finger in the same chapter, he spends most of the following two books
sleeping, chewing on sheets and being pushed off chairs on which more
significant characters want to sit. In PoA he gains a higher profile. Suffering
from the ravages of age and the molestations of Hermione’s cat Crookshanks,
Scabbers disappears—apparently into Crookshank’s jaws—only reappear in the form
of Peter Pettigrew: erstwhile marauder, unregistered animagus, dead hero, live
rat. At the climax of PoA, Harry convinces Sirius and Remus to spare Pettigrew’s
life. Shortly afterward, Pettigrew escapes. In GoF he<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>resurfaces in the company of his master
Voldemort. He kills Cedric at Voldemort’s command, contributes his own right
hand to Voldemort’s rebirth and receives shiny, bionic
replacement.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial size=2>As to his appearance,
the least said the better. As a human (whether adult or juvenile), Peter is
described as pudgy and weak. As a rat, he is fat, lethargic and *gray*. (As a
pointed out in a short and rather amusing club discussion </FONT><A
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/9180"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/9180</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>, </FONT><A
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/9189"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/9189</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>, </FONT><A
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/10200"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/10200</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>.) As a young wizard, he was a hanger-on, outclassed by
his friends James, Sirius and Remus; however, he is not entirely inept, since he
did succeed in becoming an animagus and showed considerable skill in his
showdown with Sirius (10617).<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2>;<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>List members have
pointed out that Peter is not merely sympathetic to Voldemort but a confirmed
Death Eater, bearing the dark mark (3310, 15935). Peg Kerr also chose him as an
example of a person unable to understand true charity
(4371).<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>To which house
did he belong?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>This leads to a
further question: which house was Peter in? There are strong reasons for us to
assume that he was a Gryffindor. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Jo has given us
no conclusive proof – either in canon or in interviews – that *any* of the
marauders belonged to Gryffindor. [In fact, she doesn’t even call them
“Marauders”; but since everyone else does, I will too.] However, granted the
close parallels between Harry and James (in particular their enmity with Snape
and Draco), it is very difficult to imagine James (at least) in any other
house.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also, Jo has said in
on-line chats that Lilly and Hagrid were “naturally” from Gryffindor (see
</FONT><A href="http://www.hpgalleries.com/c103.htm"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.hpgalleries.com/c103.htm</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>,
</FONT><A href="http://www.hpgalleries.com/c102.htm"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.hpgalleries.com/c102.htm</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2>). It’s hard to imagine how this “naturally” could apply to Lilly and
Hagrid but not to James – nor for that matter to Remus and Sirius too.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Further, although
fans have often speculated that the four friends came from different houses, we
have yet to see a close, non-romantic friendship between members of differing
houses – particularly if one of the houses is Slytherin. [Hormonally enhanced
friendships between houses seem common; however, until now the gates of
Slytherin appear to have held steady even against the feral scent of love.]
Thus, if at least one of the marauders was in Gryffindor, chances are, they all
were.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>However, if we
assume that Pettigrew was a Gryffindor, what are we to make of his betrayal?
According to a group member named Rowena Grunnion-Fitch, someone of Pettigrew’s
propensities <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>“*can't* be a
Gryffindor since their chief characteristic is courage and he has none at all.
He does however have cunning, he could be a
Slytherin.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>True: he could be
a Slytherin. However, I think it is more likely that Pettigrew is a Gryffindor,
albeit a lapsed one – and that his current excursion from the path of virtue
doesn’t count against him. For one thing, many members would actually be
reassured to know that the Potterverse isn’t governed by a sort of inexorable
moral apartheid in which eleven year olds sent to a certain school class will
spend the rest of their lives behaving according to the virtues of that
particular class. Somehow, we have a hard time believing that a person like Jo
Rowling could create a world like that.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>In any case, it
is seems likely that Pettigrew will eventually repent of his follies. One
shouldn’t forget the passage in PoA where Harry regrets his decision to save
Pettigrew’s life. Dumbledore disagrees:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>"Pettigrew owes his life to you. You have sent Voldemort
a deputy who is in your debt.... When one wizard saves another wizard's life, it
creates a certain bond between them... and I'm much mistaken if Voldemort wants
his servant in the debt of Harry Potter."<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>"I don't want a connection with Pettigrew!" said Harry.
"He betrayed my parents!"<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>"This is magic at its deepest, its most impenetrable,
Harry. But trust me... the time may come when you will be very glad you saved
Pettigrew's life."<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial size=2>This leaves a strong
impression that Pettigrew will not spend the rest of his life with a black hat
on his head. Caius Marcius (</FONT><A
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/5123"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/5123</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>) has gone so far as to predict that Pettigrew will give his
life to save Harry. True Pettigrew fans have conclusively disproved this theory
– but since they don’t exist, Caius Marcius could well be right. [However,
anyone who objects to such bloodthirsty scenarios may prefer my own more
peaceable version: </FONT><A
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/5405"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/5405</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>.]<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Why did he bite
Goyle?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>During Harry and
Ron’s inaugural fight with Draco, Pettigrew bites Goyle’s finger. Why? Was
Scabbers settling an old score or just working off steam? Or is this a
foreshadowing of some harrowing struggle? No one knows. But that hasn’t stopped
HPfGU members from floating a theory or two.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hella suggests a
progression of bites: Pettigrew sees Harry for the first time. Conscience bit,
he decides to bite Goyle to make up for his lack of resistance so many years
back. (</FONT><A
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/24324"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/24324</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>) <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rrishi – who apparently
knows things about rats that I don’t – thinks Scabbers may have just been acting
like a rat, defending his territory against intruders. (</FONT><A
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/24351"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/24351</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>). <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Monika, apparently used
to a rather different sort of rat, suggests that Scabbers – who had just been
given to Ron by Percy – wanted to encourage his new owner to take good care of
him. (</FONT><A
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/8513"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/8513</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>) <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial size=2>However, Saitaina’s
(</FONT><A
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/24280"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/24280</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>theory
takes at least as much cake as anyone else’s:
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Now here's my
question...why did Peter as Scabbers, bite Goyle? He didn't have to.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It's not like he ever really did
anything as Scabbers beyond sleeping and shaking in a terrified manner.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So why bite him at all? Was Goyle about
to steal the Cauldron Cake he had been munching on in his
sleep?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>How did he
survive his explosion?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carole Estes, co-author
of A Sirius Affair </FONT><A
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ParadigmOfUncertainty/files/A Sirius Affair/"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ParadigmOfUncertainty/files/A%20Sirius%20Affair/</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>, once expressed a certain surprise that Pettigrew survived
the explosion with which he killed 12 muggles and fooled all of wizardom. The
simple answer is that Pettigrew wasn’t an idiot. For a more complicated answer
(including a rather fetching diagram) see Milz’s answer (</FONT><A
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/10663"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/10663</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>).<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>PETTIGREW AND THE
MYSTERIES OF MAGIC<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Why doesn’t he
show up on the map?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>One of the
favorite pursuits of the true HP fan is Flint hunting – or ferreting out those
devilish details where Jo’s vision seems a tad fuzzy. The Marauder’s Map is an
old favorite among Flint hunters and has consumed enough bandwidth to obliterate
whatever earnings Yahoo might otherwise have had this year.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>The question is
rather simple: quite a few people used the Marauder’s Map without ever noticing
that Scabbers had the wrong name hovering over his dot.
Why?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fortunately, Penny has
attacked this question in his mystery FAQ </FONT><A
href="http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/faq/mysteries.html"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/faq/mysteries.html</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>; if the gentle reader isn’t satisfied with Neil’s
theories, she’ll have to make up her own. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>What happens to
Pettigrew’s clothes when he transforms?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial size=2>No idea. Presumably,
whatever happens all his other animagus friends’ clothes. See Penny’s FAQ
(</FONT><A href="http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/faq/mysteries.html"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/faq/mysteries.html</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>).<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>PETTIGREW AND HIS
ADMIRERS<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Is there anything
else I should know about Pettigrew?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Probably not –
but if you’re really excited about Pettigrew, you’ll be even more excited when
you find out that HPfGU members have spent a fair amount of time discussing
Pettigrew’s parallels both within the canon and in general
literature.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Within the canon, Peter
finds two points of comparison: Neville and Ron. The first comparison is covered
in the Neville FAQ. </FONT><A
href="http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/faq/neville.html#character"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/faq/neville.html#character</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial size=2>The second is a bit
more tricky – and, to judge from the occasional “shipping wars” on the list, an
effective, if somewhat dangerous, conversation piece. Fortunately, Neil has
covered the question in his Ron FAQ. </FONT><A
href="http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/faq/ron.html#BETRAYAL"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/faq/ron.html#BETRAYAL</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2> (In case you want to get the low down from people who really
like Ron, have a look at Sugar Quill </FONT><A
href="http://www.sugarquill.com/"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.sugarquill.com/</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2> - but
don’t pull any comparison stuff unless you really, really like
Pettigrew.)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial size=2>All in all, comparisons
outside the canon are a lot safer. Peter obviously makes for a grand Judas
figure (</FONT><A
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/7838"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/7838</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2> ). More intriguing are the parallels between Jo’s Wormtail
and Tolkien’s Wormtongue. Amy (</FONT><A
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/11783"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/11783</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>) and Marvin (</FONT><A
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/11785"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/11785</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>) offered several interesting thoughts on this relationship.
Since Jo read the Lord of the Rings when she was about twenty (</FONT><A
href="http://www.comicrelief.com/harrysbooks/pages/transcript.shtml"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://www.comicrelief.com/harrysbooks/pages/transcript.shtml</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>), it is entirely possible that Pettigrew had an
ancestor (or is it descendant?) in Middle
Earth.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Where can I find
out more about Pettigrew?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, to be honest,
there isn’t much more out there. Pettigrew fans (assuming there are any)
certainly won’t find much material on the web. Nasubionna’s site offers the most
comprehensive overview </FONT><A
href="http://envy.nu/nasubionna/peter.html"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://envy.nu/nasubionna/peter.html</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>.
Steve Vander Ark has a few bits of information </FONT><A
href="http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/pettigrew.html"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/pettigrew.html</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>, but the pickings are generally lean.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>However,
Pettigrew has featured prominently in the world of filkdom, raking in such hits
as Pettigrew, The Way We Gnaw and You’re Bad for Me (all by Caius Marcius) and
My Master You Know Who (by Pipin).<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><A
href="http://home.att.net/~coriolan/azkaban.htm#Pettigrew"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://home.att.net/~coriolan/azkaban.htm#Pettigrew</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><A
href="http://home.att.net/~coriolan/voldemort.htm#My%20Master,%20You%20Know%20Who"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://home.att.net/~coriolan/voldemort.htm#My%20Master,%20You%20Know%20Who</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><A
href="http://home.att.net/~coriolan/voldemort.htm#The%20Way%20We%20Gnaw"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://home.att.net/~coriolan/voldemort.htm#The%20Way%20We%20Gnaw</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><A
href="http://home.att.net/~coriolan/voldemort.htm#You're%20Bad%20for%20Me"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://home.att.net/~coriolan/voldemort.htm#You're%20Bad%20for%20Me</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Finally, Dr. Elizabeth
Schafer, author of the <I>Beacham's Sourcebooks For Teaching Young Adult
Fiction: Exploring Harry Potter</I>, has subjected Pettigrew to a bit of
literary psychoanalysis with the claim that his missing finger symbolizes his
trouble making a point. [</FONT><A
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/2458"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/2458</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>] (For an extended review of this curious tome, please see
</FONT><A href="http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/book_beacham.html"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/book_beacham.html</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>.) Which is as good a place as any to end this
FAQ.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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