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

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 118520


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Renee:
> I was just arguing 
> that  *if* Dumbledore would have known the name of the spy 
> was Wormtail,  he wouldn't have sat back and done nothing.<
> 
> 
> Pippin:
> Actually, this reinforces my argument. Dumbledore suspected 
> that someone close to the Potters was a spy, and just as you 
> say, he wouldn't have sat back and done nothing.  
> 
> He would question all their friends whether he knew the code 
> name or not. He would ask everyone in the Order if they had any 
> idea how information could be reaching Voldemort, if they'd 
> noticed anything suspicious,  if they had any idea who might be a 
> spy, if there was anything they wanted to tell him, anything at 
all. 
> 
> The spy did not give himself away. Therefore the spy not only did 
> not answer honestly, he was capable of concealing his  
> thoughts. 
> 
> Ergo, the spy is an occlumens, as skilled as Snape or better.
> 
> 
> Peter Pettigrew is a most unlikely occlumens. He does not 
> exhibit control over his emotions, he was and is easy prey for the 
> Dark Lord, and he is the most incompetent liar in canon, not 
> excluding Ron. If  Dumbledore followed this same line of 
> reasoning, he would conclude that spy, whoever he might 
> be,could not be Peter Pettigrew. 
> 
> If Dumbledore confided all this to James, James would reach 
> the same conclusion. And so do I.
> 

Renee:
Let me guess: it was Super!Evil!MassMurderer!GaryStu!Lupin of the 
many talents, who now also turns out to be an Occlumens with a mind 
impenetrable to DD Himself. 
You know, I'm beginning to believe in the guy. Your Lupin makes a 
much better Dark Lord than Voldemort, who screws up on a regular 
basis. I think I'll side with him in the upcoming grand showdown; 
he's so brilliant, powerful and clever that he can't lose! 

Renee
(aka Wormtail III, to be on the safe side)