Some questions (JKR's chat) (wormtail)

[huntergreen_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 92119


Iris wrote:
>>Imagine Peter's humiliation when he finally transformed after years
of study and found out that he most closely resembled a rat. He had
seen James become a stag and Sirius become a dog. He probably
expected another more gratifying aspect. His transformation was the
definitive evidence that he would never be their equal.<<

What I've always wondered about was why they didn't see that as a 
CLUE that Peter couldn't really be trusted. Maybe the four of them 
never really thought about what animagnus forms meant, but when 
someones inner-self is represented as a RAT, maybe you should think 
twice before using him as your secret-keeper.

Iris continued:
>>Did he decide then to get his revenge? Questions: when did he 
actually start working for Voldemort? Did he try first to be secretly 
friend with Severus; that would have been a kind of revenge? Did he 
become a Death Eater before or after him? At the same time?<<

I can't see him going to Snape, because even Peter would know how 
*that* would go over. I'm inclined to believe his story in the SS 
that he only changed sides because he was afraid of Voldemort and 
because he was sure Voldemort was going to win. If you look at the 
flashback scene in the pensieve there isn't a trace of animosity. 
(personally, though I'm more a believer in ESE!Lupin being the one 
that *chose* to go over to the other side, still waters run deep....)


-HunterGreen