[HPforGrownups] Re: House assumptions

[Rita]

No: HPFGUIDX 45319




becky:
 Another problem I have. I *can't* see Peter as a Hufflepuff. Loyal,
 diligent?
 And I can't see him as being a loyal follower of LV who wormed his
 way in either. It mentions in canon that he'd been passing
 information to for a year before James and Lily were killed (PoA, The
 Servant of Lord Voldemort), which is a long time for a spy, but not
 long enough that I would think he really *was* being a "loyal
 Hufflepuff." Not to mention he isn't loyal to LV either.


Richelle:
That's the point. Sirius *thought* he would be the loyal one, because he
was a Hufflepuff and Hufflepuffs are supposed to be loyal. But to who, hmm?
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Me:
I've seen this argument about Wormtail's 'loyalty'  that would qualiffy him
as a Hufflepuff and a Secret Keeper coming up again and again and I'd like
to remember people somenthing. It's stated clearly in PoA that Peter was
suggested by Sirius as the most *unlikely* Secret Keeper, one that no one
would ever think of being good enough to be one, and then never discover,
while him (Sirius) was quite obvious, so much that he hoped LV would come to
him first and so have a chance in trying to fight and defeat him. ( i'm very
sorry  but I'm in a hurry and can't look up the quotation in the book). so
loyalty has to do nothing with it and I would think that as it was not a
trait that his friends saw in him I'm inclined to believe that even the
Sorting Hat would have not seen it.

And now something different:

I'd like to say that Eloise's post ( which I'm not going to quote because it
was too long and there was not a single word I could have taken out without
spoiling' it) about LV new body and his immortality explains my thoughts on
the matter much better than I could have ever tried to do ( and actually did
a couple of times without much success). So thanks for saving me the pain of
failing to explain myself again!
R.