Quidditch as Metaphor (sans) Triwizard Champions&Houses/Wands

[Petra Pan]

No: HPFGUIDX 53616

Yours truly:
> > 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>

Finwitch:
> 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.  <snip>

Oh yes <g> you've fingered yet another 
layer to this metaphor!

Finwitch:
> 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...

Hmm...this isn't quite what I meant - 
let me clarify.  My suggestion is that 
Peter's animagus form should change to 
reflect a profound change in Peter the 
person, if such a change should occur.  
While he's still rat-like in nature, 
Peter's animagus form should reflect 
his nature and remain a rat.

The personal transformation that I 
mentioned above would have to be a very 
big one to justify an equally big change 
in his animagus form.  Any change in the 
animagus form is likely to be an 
involuntary one since a wizard/witch does 
not pick his/her animagus form in the 
first place.  I picked the 'Golden 
Snidget' because when I first read QttA 
it occurred to me that it's a very 
innocent-sounding prior form of the 
not-so-innocent-sounding name 'Golden 
Snitch.'

A way this could figure into the story is 
as a method of gauging Peter's 
trustworthiness, if that becomes an issue.  
IF Peter does turn from the Dark Side and 
when one has a history of betrayals as 
Peter does, how can he 'prove' the truth of 
his reform but through a process that he 
has no conscious control over?

Animagus transformation as lie-detector...
sort of.

Interestingly enough, another animal 
form that 'chooses' the wizard as 
opposed to the wizard choosing it is the 
Patronus.  It would be interesting to me 
if we find later that both these forms 
change if a wizard/witch undergoes a 
drastic change to his/her psyche.

Petra, fan of Pullman's daemon idea
a
n  :)

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