Polyjuice!Peter

[GulPlum]

No: HPFGUIDX 52507

At 15:25 19/02/03 , pippin_999 <foxmoth at qnet.com> wrote:

>We don't know that the person Hagrid met at the Potters was
>actually Sirius Black. Sirius himself never
>mentions meeting Hagrid or having the motorcycle with him.

It wasn't really germane to his narrative at the time (in the SS), as he 
was recalling his attitude towards Peter rather than the Potters. Although 
I do admit that it would have nice if he'd said something like "I left 
Hagrid to take care of baby Harry and took off to find Peter". Apart from 
anything else, it would have indicated some concern for the baby's 
well-being, and Gentle!/Concerned!Sirius of the escape scene and later in 
GoF would have had some foundation..

>It's possible, as I've mentioned before, that the person at the
>Potters was polyjuiced Pettigrew.

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I've seen that suspicion all over HP fandom (along with several other 
suspected Polyjuice plotlines which I think shows a considerable lack of 
faith in JKR's imagination), and the main problem I have with it is that 
Sirius states unequivocally that he had been at the house himself, but left 
in search of Peter.

Sirius says that when he arrived, the house was already destroyed. Hagrid 
says that he was the first person on the scene (BTW how did he know that he 
was?). What reason did Pettigrew have to hang around (assuming he had 
accompanied Voldemort in the first place), and what foresight would he have 
needed to bring some Polyjuice Potion with him, together with a bit of 
Sirius? And what was Peter doing with Sirius's "beloved" motorbike? Are you 
suggesting that he somehow managed to get his hands on it, and he and 
Voldemort arrived on it? How did Sirius get there if not on his bike?

Besides, I have a narrative problem with the notion, as I can't see any 
purpose which a Peter!Sirius at Godric's Hollow could serve. Sirius admits 
that he was on the spot, so there was no need to frame him for having been 
at the scene of the crime. In any case, that wasn't needed, as the later 
confrontation afforded Peter a *much* better way not only to frame Sirius, 
but to get himself off the hook and to stop anyone looking for him at the 
same time.

I know that there are important details about that night which JKR is 
keeping well in reserve (above and beyond WHY Voldemort wanted the 
Potters), but I simply can't see how a PJP-Peter could possibly fit in. 
We've already had one huge turn-around revelation about who was whom and 
who did what; having another twist to that strikes me as overkill and if it 
happens, that's when all my Potter books land in the closest rubbish bin 
with a thud.

--
GulPlum AKA Richard, who is still trying to complete his post about life debts.