Subject: Re: Re: What HP Character Scares You Most?

[Rachelle Elliott]

No: HPFGUIDX 23733

> Anyway the character that scares me the most. This
> is probably going 
> to be unusual but it has to be Peter Pettigrew. I
> know that he's 
> portrayed as a snivelling (sp?) coward but the fact
> that he betrayed 
> two of his best friends and then set another one up
> really chilled 
> me. I often find human characters more scary than
> monsters because 
> it's very likely that there are people just like
> them in the real 
> world and that you might know them. 

I completely agree with your view.  Individuals who set up and betray their own friends are scary.  They are worse than scary!

The part that make me not so apprehensive of Wormtail, in particular, is a conversation between Harry and Dumbledore.

"When one wizard saves another wizard's life, it creates a bond between them" - Dumbledore
"I don't want a bond with Pettigrew.  He betrayed my parents!" - Harry
"This is magic at its deepest, its most impenetrable.  But trust me ... the time may come when you will be very glad you saved Pettigrew's life." - Dumbledore

Harry could not imagine when that would be.  Dumbledore looked as though he knew what Harry was thinking.


It is almost as JKR is foreshadowing that Wormtail is scum but, he will do something to save Harry's life.   Maybe I am a wishful thinker.  But then again, this is a series for children. ;)  


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