[HPforGrownups] Wormtail's Bond with Harry

[Margaret Dean]

No: HPFGUIDX 14773

A B wrote:
> 
> --- Steve Shea <steve.shea at thornwater.com> wrote:
> > All these points are valid, but I think people are
> > forgetting someone... Wormtail. Even Dumbledore said
> > that there is a bond between them now. You saw some
> > of wormtail's feelings in GoF when he tried to persuade
> > Volde that they did not need Potter. I think this makes
> > sense.  It redeems wormtail for turning on the Potters
> > and alleviates the burden of murder from a "good"
> > character.
> 
> This remids me of the discussion a few weeks ago re:
> Wormtail and Wormtongue in LOTR. You know, Wormtongue
> ended up killing Saruman (OK, not as bad as Sauron,
> but still bad enough)... Makes me wonder if Wormtail
> might settle his account with Harry in a similar way.
> Is Wormtail brave enough??? Hard to say, but then,
> Wormtongue never seemed like a brave character,
> either.

Although keep in mind that Wormtongue murdered Saruman not
through any bond with Frodo (or anyone else), but because Saruman
had treated him so vilely and he Wasn't Going To Take It Any
More!  Not that Voldie is exactly nice to Peter, either, of
course . . .


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>