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

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 118422


 Neri:

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:

In GoF, there was no mystery that was nicely solved by the 
existence of two Barty's unless and until you had convinced 
yourself  that Moody was a fake. There was ample evidence of 
that. But all of it could have been explained in other and far more 
intuitive ways, right up until Dumbledore said, "That is not Alastor 
Moody."

In PoA, there was no mystery that was nicely solved by Scabbers 
being Peter, unless you were willing to consider that Sirius might 
be innocent of betraying the secret, and Peter guilty. All the 
evidence that Peter was Scabbers could have been explained in 
other, more obvious ways -- until Peter was disenchanted.

Unless one is willing to consider that Lupin might be guilty and 
Peter innocent of being the spy,  there's little point in two 
Wormtails, I agree.   All the evidence can be explained in more 
intuitive ways. But the evidence of Lupin's guilt is there,  and
can't be entirely ruled out without  invoking Flints.

Pippin