Two Wormtails was Re: Plot in OotP (wand confusion)

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No: HPFGUIDX 118414


> Pippin:
> 
> Erm,  of course there's a mystery about who Wormtail really is.
> ----
> "You don't think it more likely he got it *directly from the 
> manufacturers*?" [emphasis JKR's].
> 
> Harry didn't understand what Snape was talking about. Nor, 
> apparently, did Lupin.
> 
> "You mean, by Mr. Wormtail or one of these people?" he said.
> --PoA ch 14

Neri:

The mystery here is "who are Mooney, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs". 
Once this is mystery is solved, several chapters later, nowhere in 
canon a mystery is presented "who aside of Peter was ever called 
Wormtail". 


> Pippin:
> Wormtail is identified  later in the book when Lupin tells about 
> the Animagi.

Neri:
Lupin says this in front of Sirius, and Sirius does not correct him. 
Sirius later in the books refers to Peter as Wormtail. Voldemort 
calls Peter "Wormtail" in GoF Ch. 1 when he has no reason to think 
somebody can hear him. JKR refers to Wormtail several times in a 
context where it is obvious she means Peter. I repeat: nowhere in 
canon it is even hinted that another person was ever called Wormtail. 
I've yet to see even a mystery in the books which will be nicely 
solved if we assume that Wormtail was someone else than Peter.

> Pippin:
>  But the mystery which is not solved, and has been 
> asked many times on this list, is "What did Snape know about 
> the 'manufacturers' that made him question Lupin?"
> 

Neri:

This is a different mystery, which relates to all four Marauders and 
not to Wormtail in particular. As several other members had already 
mentioned, there are other plausible solutions to it than Snape 
coming across the names during his DE years. Even if he did, why do 
you assume that, out of the four names, it was Wormtail that he 
recognized? The only reason I see to assume it was Wormtail is that 
the man we all know as Wormtail WAS indeed the spy in canon. If you 
assume he WASN"T really the spy, then Snape could have recognized any 
of the four names and mistakenly or correctly relate them to any of 
the four "manufacturers".

Neri