Wormtail's Debt? (was: Re: And then there were none.)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 93281

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Scott Santangelo 
<owlery2003 at y...> wrote:
The life-debt business suggests a conscious choice to "repay" the 
obligation. We've already seen the worm not give Harry an inch when 
he's under the direct supervision of Voldy (tying the knots so tight 
in the graveyard, for example - heck, one wrong turn with that 
potion, and Voldy might have been soup!). So I think it will be a 
classic traitor move, in reverse. If the worm learns of the killer 
trap, perhaps he finds a way to warn Harry away from a deadly 
trigger, or clues him in to it in a way that lets Harry turn it upon 
Voldy . . .


Jen: Wormtail's behavior in the graveyard scene doesn't add up for 
me. In POA he's a sniveling toady, and in the first part of GOF he's 
actually trying to bargain with LV for Harry's life! Then we have 
the graveyard scene with Wormtail's nerves of steel, and in OOTP we 
find out he enjoys watching James and Sirius bully Snape. What's up? 
If Peter is truly capable of such a range of emotions/behavior, he 
seems like an accident waiting to happen for either LV or Harry 
(depending on the day).

Peter has proven he can be a very capable wizard at times. Which 
Wormtail will we see in Book 6 & 7? I suspect he will either find it 
inside to pay the life debt, or there will be some awful consequence 
for passing up the opportunity to pay Harry back.