[HPforGrownups] Re: Colin Creevey is Voldemort's Cabana Boy!

[Rebecca Stephens]

No: HPFGUIDX 76259


--- eligro2000 <eligro2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "subrosax99"
> <subrosax at e...> 
> > wrote: I think everyone is ignoring the fiendish
> potential of Colin 
> > Creevey! 
> 
> The Creevey - Pettigrew similarities are striking
> aren't they 
> (setting aside the fact that Colin's a muggle)?
> 
I disagree.

> Colin, like Pettigrew, is a hanger-on rather than a
> real member of 
> the group. 

No.  He's a fanboy, but unlike Peter, you don't see
him ever hanging out with Harry.

> Colin, like Pettigrew, is treated
> dismissively by his 
> Potter idol. 

Actually, Harry is pretty nice to him.  He tries to
get Colin to go away, but he's never mean.  I mean,
when he's on the ground with a broke arm he just says
"I don't want a picture of this Colin."

> Colin, like Pettigrew, seems wimpy and
> ineffectual. 

I don't think so.  I can't think of him as wimpy,
despite his being small, as I've never seen him in any
confrontational situation.

> Colin, like Pettigrew, seems to bask in any
> Potter-associated glory 
> he can get. 

Disagree again (big surprise,eh?).  Colin doesn't bask
in the glory of being associated with Harry; he isn't.
 He loves he fact that Harry exists.  He worships the
guy and would follow him into hell.  But he never
tries to claim a closer relationship with him than
exists.  He never claims to be Harry's friend.  

> Colin, like Pettigrew, seems to be
> viewed by other 
> students as generally forgettable.

Where do you get this from?  We've never seen anyone
point out Colin, admittidly.  But we've never seen
anyone not know who he is, either.


> My counterintuitive conclusion: A Creevey gone bad
> seems just too 
> Pettigrew. 

Well, I don't think either will go bad.  Dying, on the
other hand, may be something one has to look forward
to.  But I don't think he's reminiscent of Pettigrew.




Rebecca

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