Voldemort addressing Pettigrew as "Wormtail"

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 54268

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "erisedstraeh2002"
<erisedstraeh2002 at y...> wrote:
> Stickbook wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone know why Voldemort addresses Peter Pettigrew 
> > as "Wormtail"?    
> 
> Now me:
> 
> .... many of the DEs ... believe that Pettigrew double-crossed 
> Voldemort by betraying the Potters, since ... going to the 
> Potters' house that Voldemort met his downfall. 
> 
> So Voldemort may be afraid that the DEs will turn on Pettigrew if 
> they knew it was Pettigrew, ...
> 
> ~Phyllis

bboy_mn:
Interesting thought. Some how I think the Death Eaters know who
Pettigrew is. He was a close friend of Potter's and James Potter was
well know, so I would assume Peter was well known.

As far as Voldemort being afraid of the Death Eaters revenge on Peter,
I don't think the Death Eaters do anything without Voldemort's
permission. I seriously doubt that Voldemort is concerned.

However, you reminded me of something else. When Voldemort is in the
graveyard and he is listing the missing Death Eaters, he comes to the
last one which is Barty Crouch Jr., and says that he has returned to
Voldemort's service. This gets a reaction out of the Death Eaters;
they 'stir' and give each other uneasy sideways glances. I always
assumed it was because they were puzzled about how a known dead man
could have returned to Voldemort's service.

So the assumed dead Crouch Jr gets a reaction, but no one seems to
react to the fact that Peter Pettigrew, a person long known to be
dead, is there.

That could lend some weight to your theory. I personally don't accept
the theory, but  one has to wonder why no one said anything about
presents of the dead man who is believed to have betrayed Voldemort.

Odd, but strange.

bboy_mn