Wormtail Has NO Intention Of Saving Harry

[luminary_extraordinaire]

No: HPFGUIDX 31037

Re: Harry and Voldemort: The "final" battle

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., IAmLordCassandra at a... wrote:
> Voldemort may be been more noble during their first duel, but he is
> capable of not playing fair.

Voldemort was not being "noble" during their [him and Harry's] first 
duel.  He was overconfident and underestimated his match.  He was too 
certain that he could easily defeat Harry, and he did not anticipate 
anyone or anything that could save Harry.

> Hmm...perhaps someone will jump in the way {Wormtail? Snape?} to'
> save Harry. I'm seeing Wormtail here. Having that magical bond with
> Harry, he feels the need to save Harry's life as Harry did his and
> ends up either trying to jump Voldemort or protecting Harry, losing
> his own life in the end. 

Wormtail will NOT "feel the need" to save Harry's life.  Wormtail 
will NOT "try" to jump Voldemort or protect Harry.  He has not risk 
his life to save Harry before, and he will NEVER willingly risk his 
own life to save Harry.  Certainly he had been reluctant to capture 
Harry for reviving Voldemort, but that is only because he did not 
want to invite a confrontation with Harry's many powerful protectors 
(e.g., Dumbledore, Black, Lupus.)  Wormtail has only ONE interest in 
his heart: his self-preservation. Everything he has done serves ONE 
purpose: to save his own skins.  It is faulty to assume that Wormtail 
has any sort of redeeming quality, that he will redeem himself with 
an ultimate noble sacrifice and be "forgiven".  While such sacrifice 
favors the core values of Judeo-Christianity, it is inconsistent with 
Wormtail's characterization, it undermines the continuity of 
Wormtail's character development.

When Wormtail saves Harry, it will NOT be a willing nor noble act.  
Wormtail will NOT willingly or selflessly save Harry.  We know 
Wormtail will  play a part in "helping" (not necessarily saving) 
Harry in some way, but the help will be quite accidental and 
unexpected.  FATE, not Wormtail, will dictate his action in aiding 
Harry.  In the classical mythological context, it is FATE--NOT the 
will of men--that binds life debt.