[HPforGrownups] Re: Voldemort addressing Pettigrew as "Wormtail"

[shufan]

No: HPFGUIDX 54326

 "stickbook41" <stix4141 at h...> wrote:
> Does anyone know why Voldemort addresses Peter Pettigrew 
> as "Wormtail"?  This struck me as odd since "Wormtail" was the 
> nickname his school friends gave him. 

It struck me as a way to remind Peter of all that he did in his service to Voldomort.  Wormtail was the name his friends gave to Peter and he betrayed all of them.  Having this nickname used constantly is to further Peter's submission and his guilt that he can no longer go back to the life he once had.

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