Wormtail as Gollum (was What HP Character Scares You Most?)

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Rachelle Elliott" <relliott at j...> wrote:
 
> "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

> 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. ;)  

I believe Wormtail will do something to save Harry's life, or even 
more, to save the world. Maybe this is obvious, but does the above 
quote by Dumbledore remind anyone else of what Gandalf said about 
Gollum in Lord of the Rings? I believe it was Frodo (sorry, very 
rusty on LOTR) who had the chance to kill Gollum, but didn't, and 
Gandalf said almost exactly the same thing about Gollum that 
Dumbledore said about Wormtail. 

Gollum then goes on to (inadvertently) destroy the Ring when Frodo 
loses his nerve. And so saves the world. But in reality, it is 
Frodo's act of mercy towards Gollum that ultimately saves the world.

Red Queen

P.S. And when Gollum takes the ring from Frodo, doesn't he do it by 
biting off one of Frodo's fingers? Hmmmmmm.