Peter's Flaw

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No: HPFGUIDX 37045

In HPforGrownups at y..., "catlady_de_los_angeles" <catlady at w...>
> wrote:
> 
> > Dicentra doesn't have any pity for Peter as he writhes on the 
> > floor crying crocodile tears Not thinking" *that* used to be a 
> > Marauder! How far he has fallen!"?
 
In HPforGrownups at y..., "tex23236" <jbryson at r...> wrote:
> It looks to me like Peter had and still has only one flaw: fear of 
> death.  It's the reason he gives Lupin and Black for betraying the 
> Potters.  It is, IMHO, the reason he goes to find LV. It is the 
> reason he does everything.  He cuts off his hand to revive LV. He 
> looks to LV to give him immortality,  which is probably true of all 
> the DE's.
> 
> This is also LV's defining motive: to attain immortality.  LV is
> a coward, driven by this same fear.

I'd be more concerned with what exactly makes up Wormtail's new 
silver hand. In previous posts, I guessed 
(A) The silver hand was true silver and deadly to wereeolves, 
foreshadowing Lupin's death.
(B) The 'silver' of the hand is similar to the 'silver' strands of 
Dumbledore's Pensieve. Some form of Voldemort's thoughts to either 
control Wormtail, to see through Wormtail using him as a spy camera, 
or maybe to cast magic through him from a safe distance.
(C) Like Riddle's Diary, the silver hand might be a backup plan if 
Voldemort faces death again.

Whatever the silver hands secret, I'm guessing that it will 
ultimately cause Wormtail's destruction rather than extend his life.

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