[HPforGrownups] Marauder parallels

[Christina Gross]

No: HPFGUIDX 5403


Hi Penny,

first of all congratulations on your happy news.

On 06.11.2000 at 17:24:07 Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer wrote:
>Christina Gross wrote:
>
>> But Peter wasn't really a member of James' circle as Neville
>doesn't
>> really belong to the triad.
>
>I would dispute this somewhat based on the fact that all 3 of the
>Marauders other than Lupin seem to have learned the animagi
>transformation in order to pal around with Moony.  If Peter wasn't
>part
>of the inner circle, he simply wouldn't have been trusted enough to
>have
>that info (that Lupin was a werewolf for starters).

I would agree that Peter was closer to the rest of the Marauders than
Neville is at this point to Harry and his gang. However, Professor
McGonagall seemed to voice the impression outsiders had of the
Marauders: that Pettigrew was hanging around the more popular James
and Sirius for protection, not being their equal in talent or
anything else, sort of an appendage to the circle. 
Perhaps Peter knew something or had a special skill the other
Marauders needed for their Animagus-Transformation. Neville could
have helped Harry with the second task of the Triwizard Tournament if
only Harry had thought to ask him. 

>I do think it's hard to make exact parallels amongst the Marauders
>since
>you've got 4 Marauders & 3 of our gang.

Not only that, but also there are good arguments for several
different pairings. I'm really enjoying this thread. It made me look
at some things I hadn't considered before. 

Greetings
Christina

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