[HPforGrownups] Fidelius swap was Re: The Sorting Hat

[Kathryn Cawte]

No: HPFGUIDX 87534


> Derek:
> The irony of it is, they *did* see him as an equal, whether he realized
> it or not.  Would Sirius have suggested using Peter as the Secret Keeper
> if he didn't think highly of him?  Would the Potters have agreed if *they*
> didn't think highly of him?  Doubtful.  If Sirius thought Peter would "be
> willing to die to protect James the same way he was," then clearly Sirius,
> at least in this respect, considered Peter an equal.
> <snipped>>
> So if Peter did go willingly into the arms of LV in search of acceptance,
> he turned his back on genuine acceptance in doing so (whether he realized
> it or not).
>
K

You have a good point. He may not have been their equal at magic or sports
or pulling the birds but when it came down to friendship they did obviously
consider him to be equal to everyone else, and he didn't see it because he
was trying to hard - and doesn't that sound like *exactly* the sort of thing
JKR would do?

And I've seen comparisons between Peter and Neville but this is I think
where they differ - Neville isn't fighting to be accepted. He wants to be
their friend (and although not as close as the main three he is their
friend) but he won't compromise himself to get that acceptance. They accept
him as himself - or they don't. Maybe because he's reserving all that need
to be seen as an equal for his grandmother who he wants to see him as an
equal to his father, but alas probably never will or not until it's too
late.

K