Tough Peter (Was Real Wizards Aren't Squeamish )

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 34531

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "ssk7882" <theennead at a...> wrote:
> But on this topic, I've always wondered why Peter didn't take that 
> approach with Sirius in the first place.  He already knows that 
> Voldemort has mysteriously vanished, and he may even already know
> that the other DEs are starting to mutter things about him having
> betrayed their master to his doom.  So wouldn't you think that it 
> would make more sense, from a strategic standpoint, to try to get 
> back in with the winning side while the getting's good, rather than
> going into hiding for thirteen years?

Well, he may have known about the "mysteriously vanished" part, but 
did he know any more than that?  Did he know that Volemort was down 
for the count?  At the time, everyone pretty much thought that V was 
invincible, so Peter probably thought that the disappearance was 
just a temporary setback, and that V would be back any moment, 
kicking more butt.  In which case worming his was back into the good 
guys' graces would've been a really bad move.

Marina
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