Yellow Rat Spell - Maybe it really did work

[Amy Z <lupinesque@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50819

Steve Binch wrote:

> It obviously didn't work... or did it?
> 
> What if yellow means to be afraid instead of the color? We know that
> Petigrew was brave enough to stand against Black, but now he seems 
to be
> afraid of everything/everyone? What if this seamingly simple spell 
cast by
> Ron, is the only thing that keeps Petigrew from having the courage 
to stand
> against Voldimort?
> 
> Any thought? Insight? Previous discussions?

WOW.  That is SUCH a great idea!

A related possibility might be that it is this spell that keeps Harry 
safe.  Pettigrew has *just* met Harry Potter and thoughts of murder 
might be brewing in his mind . . . but then Ron inadvertently turns 
him into a coward and thereby prevents Scabbers from scuttling over 
to Harry's bed and slitting his throat with his rodent incisors 
during the next three years of golden opportunity.

Amy Z