OOP: Who can blame Peter Pettigrew?

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 65878

Fitz: 

> However, I don't blame Peter much for "betraying" his friends :P I 
> don't really see James and Sirius as "friends" of Peter. Peter was 
> their sidekick, no doubt, but they didn't give the respect to Peter 
> that they would give to a friend. I think Peter was wrong to go to 
> the side of Voldemort for many many reasons, but not for betraying 
> his "friends".
> 

The same influence Lily had on James to make him ease up on Snape 
also would have, in all likelihood, changed his attitude toward 
Peter. Remember, in Moody's picture of the Order, Wormtail was 
between Lily and James. He was an accepted part of a group that 
included Moody, Hagrid, the Longbottoms and Dumbledore.

And, for whatever reason, James and Sirius took pains to teach Peter 
how to be an Animagus, when they could have just blown him off. 

Peter probably knew Lupin was a werewolf -- the four were probably 
roommates -- and could have spilled the beans to other students, but 
why would arrogant berks like James and Sirius not just threaten 
Peter into silence, rather than take pains to drag him along?

And again, I think it is inaccurate to base the dynamic of an entire 
10-year friendship (assuming James, Sirius, Lupin and Peter all met 
in first year and didn't know each other before) on the memories of 
one person on one day.

Simply put, just because James and Sirius, feeling restless and bored 
as 15-year-olds, didn't respect Peter, doesn't mean he got no respect 
at any time in any way.

Pettigrew betrayed people who considered him their friend.

Darrin
-- I love the 80s moment: "Wacky Wall-Walkers are basically snot that 
you could play with all day."