[HPforGrownups] Scabbers looking to get near Harry: was There's somthing about Trevor

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In a message dated 11/13/02 10:49:53 AM, msbonsai at mninter.net writes:

<< --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Regina" <rmm7e at y...> wrote:
When Scabbers was revealed I had a hard 
> time believing it. Sure, the Weasleys were a good wizarding family, 
> and having Arthur at the MoM was particularly helpful to Peter, but 
> what are the odds that Ron would become best friends with Harry? 
> *That* was just unbelievably lucky.
> 
> --Regina
 >>

Perhaps pettigrew was being extremely clever in choosing to live with the 
Weasley's. Pettigrew couldn't predict who Harry would be friends with, but he 
did know somethings. 1) Harry would be going to Hogwarts in 10 years. 2) 
Harry would likely be sorted into Gryffindor (which is clearly the most 
likely house for James, and it seems that, generally speaking-of course there 
are exceptions, that people in one family are placed in the same.) 3) People 
in the same house same year same sex will generally become friends and will 
almost definately live in the same dormitory.
So Pettigrew needs to find a family that has a one year old son, whose family 
is historically a gryffindor family, and a family that is unlikely to have 
their one year old son turn out to be a squib.  I think it is clear that the 
Weasley's meet all of Pettigrew's criterion. First, their first two sons had 
likely at this time already been sorted into Gryffindor, they were of a stong 
wizarding blood (only one squib in many many weasleys), and they had the 
requisite son! So, My opinion is pettigrew wanted to keep an eye on harry so 
he chose the best possible candidate: the weasley's. 
Jana