Poor snivelling little Peter

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 53456

Pip said:
> It's one of the weird things about the Switch. Peter, the spy, the 
> one who *presumably* was eager to betray the Potter's to their 
> death, doesn't seem to have actually suggested it. 

I don't see anything surprising in that.  For all we know, Peter may 
have spent weeks wracking his brains to try to figure out a way to 
take on the Secret Keeper's role.  And for weeks he couldn't come up 
with a plan because he *knew* James would trust Sirius for this role 
beyond anyone else and wouldn't consider for a moment switching to 
Peter or Dumbledore or anyone else.  So Peter knew there was no point 
in even suggesting it.  Then, Death Eaters be praised, Sirius comes 
up with a plan that plays right into Peter's waiting hands.
 
I still believe the whole point of the switch wasn't to place Peter 
in the first line of fire.  Or to say that his life was worth less 
than anyone else's, so let's bully him into taking on this task. 

Making the switch was to create confusion. Voldemort and his minions 
were likely to try to find Sirius because he was the logical choice 
of Secret Keeper.  Okay, then Sirius becomes the first line of 
defense for both Peter and the Potters by acting as a decoy.  If they 
never find him, everyone stays safe, relatively speaking.  If he's 
caught and dies under torture without giving up any information, then 
he's succeeded in protecting not only the Potters but Peter. 

You said yourself that you keep coming back to *why* choose Peter, 
when nothing in his background seems to suggest he has what it takes 
to make a good Secret Keeper.  It almost makes no sense, so why do 
it? Which is precisely what Sirius wanted the Death Eaters to think.

Marianne