Remus is the worst

[Mandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 99378


Mandy here:
Renee you make a very good point.  Life is about choices, and it is 
easy to say `make a choice between what is easy and what is right', 
but sometimes the choice that has to made, is between bad and worse. 
How then, so you decide which is right and because neither choice 
will be easy?  

I have defended Peter Pettigrew on many occasion.  He's a fascination 
to me because I see similarities between himself and myself at high 
school.  Fortunately I grew up to be a relatively normal adult.  
Haven't killed anyone, although I've though about it at times. ;-) In 
thinking about Peter's defection, I have speculated that he was put 
in a position where he had to choose between his family and his 
friends.  Of course this is pure speculation, but it does beg the 
question how do you choose between people you love?  Sirius' answer 
was to die.  He told Peter he should have died rather than sacrifice 
his friends, but that is easy coming from a man with no children, or 
family, only friends.   Again, we don't know if Peter has any family 
at all either and perhaps he doesn't and Sirius was right. But I'm 
certain the DE and Voldemort used such techniques in converting 
people to their side. Threatening to kill children and family to 
force someone into committing heinous crimes.  

How do you choose between one child and another?  How do you choose 
between the deaths of one or two people over the deaths of many?  Is 
it easy to make that sacrifice for the greater good?  Well, what if 
those two deaths are your children or parents, or brothers and 
sisters?

I think Remus is constantly battling with the kind of conflict within 
himself. How could he stand up to James and Sirius in school when he 
knew they were the only friends he had and they knew his secret?   He 
knew how vindictive they were, if he spoke out against them they 
could have destroyed his life with one sentence. "He's a werewolf."  
Remus now appears to be alone. Remus lives in fear, a very dark and 
sad place.  And I have to say it would be, or was, as easy for Remus 
to fall to Voldemort as it was for Peter.

Just some ramblings, Mandy