Yellow Rat Spell - Maybe it really did work

[dicentra63 <dicentra@xmission.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50829

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Amy Z <lupinesque at y...>"
<lupinesque at y...> wrote:
> Steve Binch wrote:
> > What if this seemingly 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?
> 
> 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.
> 
Except that Sirius is right: he's not going to take action unless he's
directly benefitting from it.  Why slit Harry's throat?  If he stuck
around afterwards, they'd figure out he did it and he'd probably be
disposed of.  If he fled the scene, he'd have to find another place to
hang out.  

And besides that, killing Harry means something to Pettigrew only if
he can tell Voldemort about it, getting brownie points in the process.
 He doesn't go find his master until he *has* to at the end of PoA.

Sorry, the Yellow Spell might make Pettigrew a coward, but by this
time it's overkill.

--Dicentra