Pettigrew as Auror?

[Cindy C.]

No: HPFGUIDX 30495

Jason wrote:

> In reference to Cindy suggesting that Wormtail had been an Auror, 
I'd
> have to laugh. He is constantly being referred to as hopeless,
> untalented and weak....not necessarily the skills you are looking 
for
> in an Auror are they. 

Normally, I write Peter off as a talentless, hopeless case.  
Voldemort says it.  McGonagall says it.  Sirius says it.  So it must 
be true, right?

But maybe there is more to Peter than meets the eye.  Voldemort 
doesn't seem the type to give lots of positive reinforcement, so his 
assessment doesn't count for much.  

As for Sirius, I adore him, but he certainly is an arrogant thing, 
isn't he?  Lupin confirms this when he tells of MWPP's adventures, in 
which he says they were carried away with their own cleverness.  
Sirius decides that changing the secret-keeper is a good plan, and 
doesn't feel the need to clear it with Dumbledore or even tell 
Dumbledore after the fact.  Sirius was probably overconfident that he 
could defeat Pettigrew in a duel.  So when Sirius says Peter 
was "talentless," (and says it in the middle of a towering rage in 
the Shrieking Shack), maybe I have to discount it a bit.

As for McGonagall, she first calls Pettigrew a "fat little boy" who 
tagged around with James and Sirius.  Then she says Peter was "never 
quite in their league, talentwise.  I was often rather sharp with 
him."  She says this having no idea that Peter managed the animagus 
transformation, BTW.  Assuming McGonagall's assessment is correct, it 
only means Peter didn't measure up to the two most clever students in 
the school.  Peter might easily be one of those people who does not 
do well in school, but does very well in the real world.  

To Peter's credit, we know he can perform Avada Kedavra, can brew a 
potion to restore Voldemort, can outsmart Sirius when it counts, is 
tough enough to amputate his own hand, and managed to guilt Harry 
into sparing his life.  Not bad for a talentless, hopeless case.

Cindy (who can't understand how she got backed into Peter's corner)