OOP: (Sirius) A person is more than the worst thing they have done

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 64882

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Wendy St John" 
<hebrideanblack at e...> wrote:

massive snip on relationship of Peter with James/Sirius

> Now me (Wendy) again:
> 
> You may be right here - and I still say that if they did, in fact, 
have
> such a strong belief in Peter's friendship, then the dynamic 
between MMWP
> must have shifted *dramatically* after 5th year. Otherwise, James 
and
> Sirius were suffering from an overload of arrogance or stupidity or 
> *something* which would have allowed them to put their faith in 
someone of
> whom they appear to have thought so little just a few years earlier.
> 

The dynamic probably did change as they grew older.  Remember also, 
Mad-Eye shows Harry a picture of the members of the original Order of 
the Phoenix.  Peter is among those people.  Obviously he was trusted 
enough, not just by James, Lily, Sirius and Lupin, but also by Moody 
and Dumbledore, a couple of pretty powerful, skilled wizards.  I 
think this also indicates that Peter was not a total incompetent as a 
wizard, or else they would all be in fear that he's more of a 
liability than an asset to the group.  He was in deep enough with 
what was going on that he was able to pass info on to Voldie for a 
while before being able to betray the Potters.  So, yeah, things 
change once you're out of schoo...

Marianne