Why Wormatail was made Secreet Keeper

[anakinbester]

No: HPFGUIDX 45381

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Rita" <potter76 at l...> wrote:
>( BTW, the Sorting Hat gives, as the main
> characteristic of H, being hard workers -GoF- and 'unafraid of 
toil' -PS-
> loyalty and justice and patience are only given once in Ps, so seem 
to be 
> side- traits' of that House):

I agree with you that those are likely side traits. TO be loyal, you 
have to be willing to work hard at it. 
Peter does not seem to be one to work hard at anything. He's 
consistently chosen the easier (I suppose) way out of situations time 
e and again. 
He even took the easy way out of groveling. He could have tried to 
explain himself better, but I just want for the look pathetic routine 
(and the keep blaming Sirius bit, which was easier but _really_ 
stupid as pointed out in another post)
Anyway, Peter doesn't seem to be unafraid of toil at all. 

> PoA, ch, 19 "The Servant of LV", p. 271 UK edition
> Black to Peter " I thought it was the perfect plan ... a bluff ... 
Voldemort
> would be sure to come after me, would never dream they'd used a 
weak,
> talentless thing like you"
> I hope this'll help settling the matter.

Actually for me it doesn't *L* Now I agree, I don't think Peter was 
made Secret Keeper because he was a Huffelpuff, but I really don't 
think that's what Sirius was thinking of when he made Peter the SE. 
Sirius is enraged nearly beyond reason and he's saying things that 
may or may not be true. There may be some fact to it. Peter may have 
been the least magically powerful of the four, therefore, he'd seem 
the least likely to be picked, considering how Wizards seem to judge 
power and ability and all (by amount of magic it seems). 
I doubt if Sirius had thought Peter was weak, he would have made him 
the SE. That would be completely illogical. He'd have to have thought 
Peter was strong, in some kind of way. Maybe everyone else perceived 
Peter as weak, yet  Sirius thought he had some kind of inner strength 
or something. 
I don't know, but if Sirius truly thought that about Peter, then he 
was a git forever making Peter the Secret Keeper.

-Ani