Quidditch as Metaphor/ Triwizard Champions&Houses/Wands

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 53593

Petra:
> 
> Though I'd put my money on this 
> metaphor to work on both levels, I 
> agree that just catching Peter would 
> be poor climax.  Maybe Peter will turn 
> out to have more to him...
> 
> Y'know, it would be interesting if 
> Peter undergoes such a personal 
> transformation that his animagus form 
> changes, say, to a Golden Snidget, the 
> precursor to the Golden Snitch.
> 
> How's that for redemption?  <wink>

Well, though Peter's not Snitch in "defeat Voldemort", he IS the 
Snitch in "Redeem Sirius Black". After all, the battle to clear his 
reputation will not end unless Peter is caught, and Peter's capture 
WOULD give Sirius' reputation somewhat clearing, much as the Snitch 
gives lots of score.

However, eventhough the rat WAS caught it doesn't yet mean that 
Sirius is cleared in the eyes of wizarding public. 
Ministry/court/whatever must recognise this, (likely that they do, if 
Peter the Snitch is caught, but if the members deciding aren't honest 
enough, they won't unless there's enough 'Quaffle-score' - positive, 
supporting publicity).

Supportive articles and new people to support Sirius - AND catching 
Peter.

But I do like Peter taking the form of a Snidget instead of a rat! 
After all, Snidget is a protected species and Harry has protected 
Peter... of course, it makes capturing and keeping him that much more 
difficult. A rat you can keep from transforming with a snake, and 
Harry being Parselmouth, that's not even difficult for him... All he 
needs is to learn the Serpensortia-spell and tell the snake to watch 
Peter...

Of course, if they catch Peter during OoP, get Sirius free and clear 
(I assume that Sirius and Snape settling their differences plays a 
part here), then Pettigrew can frame his death, be 'reborn' as 
Snidget-animagus and fly to freedom unnoticed AND ends up saving 
Harry...

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As to the Champions: Harry(Gryffindor - sorted there), Cedric 
(Hufflepuff, sorted) - Krum: Slytherin, counting the reputation of 
the Durmstrang school, his *obvious* cheat, doing simple spell on 
Dragon's eyes- although Karkaroff is even more so. Fleur: Ravenclaw 
(only one left), her charms did enough for her to manage the dragon, 
while she lost against Grindylows, this task required more of 
physical work than intelligence, but she might well have cleared the 
maze if only Crouch!Moody hadn't stunned her...

Ollivander didn't seem to need incantation to summon those smokes out 
of Cedric's wand or a fountain of wine from Harry's - but did need 
one to summon birds out of Krum's or flowers from Fleur's. This might 
be because Harry's and Cedric's wands were of his making. He told 
them who made Krum's wand. But not of Fleur's. I think that it was 
Fleur's *second* wand, of her own making. If a wand that chooses you, 
gives you better results than another's wand, how much better would a 
wand you made for yourself be?

-- Finwitch