[HPforGrownups] Re: Did Peter really kill those Muggles?

[Angela Evans]

No: HPFGUIDX 49414


 
 "pickle_jimmy <kemp at arcom.com.au>" <kemp at arcom.com.au> wrote:
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<<Maybe Fudge was 
following Black (to get rid of him before he could tell his story) - 
or maybe he was just looking for Pettigrew (to congratulate him on 
his delivery of the Potters), either way, he happened to be on 
the "grassy knoll" when Sirius confronted Peter.>>

ME: possible, but Fudge didn't just happen to be there, he did have a reason.  He was the Junior Minister of the Department of Magical Catastrophes.  Yes he may have had ulterior motives, but his being one of the first on the scene isn't particularly suspicious.  I do find it interesting that JKR has Fudge as being a high official in the dept. that responded to the blast.  The plot doesn't NEED Fudge's first-hand account to advance the story of what happened.

<<Knowing that Pettigrew was weak and might implicate more than just 
himself, Fudge decides to destroy him and the whole street - framing 
Black and ridding himself of Peter in the same blast. Peter escaped, 
transforming at the moment of the blast and only losing a finger.

<snip>


Now, when he get's found out he is as frightened of going to see 
Fudge as he is of Black. When Fudge is told the story, he furious at 
the thought that Peter might have survived the blast, and wants to 
quiet Black before the story gets out.>>

ME: This is an interesting theory, and could help explain alot of Fudge's behavior in POA.  Though on the other hand simple disbelief of the Trio's frankly incredulous story about PP and Black could also easily account for it.  But I find it hard to believe that Peter simply happened to lose one finger in the blast.  I suppose it is POSSIBLE, but unlikely.  And the loss of the finger lends itself more to the "faked death".

<<So, why doesn't Peter deny the killings - It makes him the Hero (for 
the dark side) of the story rather than the victim.>>

ME:

OK, here is where it gets interesting for me.  Black says that the reason PP has been hiding all these years is because he fears the DEs who blame him for LV's downfall, because LV dissapeared while following PP's info.  I find this a little weak.  Black DOES say that he personally heard DEs in Azkaban calling PP a traitor, but still.  I think PP could have argued his case to the DEs.  




ANGELA



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