The next Peter Pettigrew

[greatelderone]

No: HPFGUIDX 71791

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "oh have faith" 
<rshuson80 at y...> wrote:
> 
> And I don't think Dumbledore will make Harry a prefect - to be 
> honest, he doesn't deserve to be made prefect like that. 

Why not? From the implications of chap 37 it seems Ron was choosen 
only because Harry had too much on his plate during the time.

> It smacks 
> of a spoilt brat; he didn't get the badge when Ron did, he was 
> jealous, 

A jealousy which lasted approximately two chapters in the book and 
where he quickly say the error of his jealousy.

>he whined -albiet to himself- and then he gets it. 

So whining to himself for a brief moment makes him a spoiled brat? 
The fact that he didn't display his jealousy towards his supposed 
best friend and congratlaed and encouraged him just shows how mature 
he is imo. 

>It 
> wouldn't be for merit, or because he really deserved it.

And Ron got the badge out of merit? Seems more to me like it was 
because the first choice was unavaliable and Dumbledore went for the 
back up.

>  And now Harry knows it was 
> nothing personal him not getting it in the first place, he should 
> accept it, grow up and be happy for Ron. 

Which he did accept and get over in one day while Ron's jealousy in 
comparison in GOF took much longer to get over. 

> And the circumstances that 
> caused DD to make that decision in the first place haven't changed; 
> Harry still has plenty of other things on his mind.  

Actually the circumstances have changed.   

> Actually, if there's jealousy afoot, I can see it going from Harry-
> to-Ron and not vice versa. 

How so? All Harry wants is the family that he never had which he now 
has in the form of the Weasleys. Now Ron on the other hand wants to 
be captain of the quidditch team, Hermione, and the position of head 
boy. Two of these objectives captain of the quidditch team and 
Hermione are things that Harry doesn't want and I don't think he 
necessarily wants to follow in his father's foot steps of head boy 
after seeing how nasty his father was.  

> I don't 
> personally think Ron has Pettigrew potential, his circumstances are 
> all wrong.  

I agree that he won't become a death eater like Pettigrew and ally 
himself with Voldemort, but I think the resentment and jealousy will 
cause him to betray his friends.

>And Harry treats him well and with respect; He and Ron 
> are the core of the group, they're the best friends while Hermione 
> is the extra.  

I disagree. Hermione is fast becoming Harry's best friend while Ron 
has become more detached from the both of them. Afterall it is 
Hermione who goes with him into the forbidden forest leaving Ron's 
quidditch game, it is also Hermione who help him set up Dumbledore's 
Army and it is also Hermione who tries to stop him from going to 
London immediately after the fake vision.