Peter kiling Cedric (Was: JKR's "small thing" in CoS)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 94977

I (Carol) wrote:
> > <snip> Has anyone besides me noticed that both
> > Dumbledore and Harry alwasys say that Voldemort murdered Cedric?
> > Technically, this statement is not quite true. Voldemort, a
> > baby-shaped monster wrapped in a cloak, gave the order, but 
> Wormtail pointed the wand and spoke the words that actually killed 
> him. In other words, he committed murder, orders or no orders. Yet
it's as if, in DD's and Harry's view, Wormtail is only an instrument
like the wand and bears no share of the blame. 
> <snips some more> Is anyone besides me bothered by this? or can you
"sort it out" for me so I find it less disturbing? Anybody?
> 
Lilian responded:
> 
> I have not thought about it before, but now you bring up the 
> point... Wormtail (or Peter Pettigrew rather) is believed to be 
> dead. He was blown up by Sirius, together with a lot of Muggles. He 
> received the Order of Merlin posthumously and all his mother got was 
> his one finger. Only DD, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Lupin and Sirius know 
> that this is not the truth, but the rest of the WW do not.
>  
> LV on the other hand, is believed by some in the WW to be gone 
> forever, but not by all. If DD would have said, although more 
> accurately, that it was Peter Pettigrew who actually killed Cedric, 
> no one in the WW would have believed DD. Claiming that it is LV (and 
> who is indirectly responsible)will put some in the WW at their guard 
> and possibly convince some doubters.

Carol again:
Right. I know that it would be complicated to bring in PP by name--it
would sound like a cock and bull story. But why not at least say that
a DE did it on Voldemort's orders. That would be more plausible than
Voldemort (thought to have been vaporized) doing it himself. The
students don't even know about his "baby" form. As DD and Harry tell
it, it sounds as if the resurrected Voldemort killed Cedric himself
with his own wand.

Maybe I'm worried about nothing, but I think they're undermining their
own credibility by not giving at least a *slightly* clearer version of
what happened. Maybe now that LV is known to have come back, Harry
will make some version of the story public. Or maybe he and DD will
think it's best to protect Cedric's privacy?

Carol