So when did he turn to the dark side

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No: HPFGUIDX 114955


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kethryn" <kethryn at w...> wrote:
> 
> I was wandering around back in the archives today (instead of studying for my 
midterms) and I didn't see any theories or any post that anyone had played around with 
the question at all so I think I will post it.  Please pardon me if the idea has already been 
kicked around, that's a LOT of posts to wade through.
> 
> So, when did !Sidekick! Wormtail change into !PILL!* Wormtail for Voldemort?  Wasn't it 
like a year or so before Voldemort went after Lily and James?  Now, here is a better 
question, on that asks for some theoretical work, why did he do it?  Was it just because he 
is a PILL, because Voldemort got to him, or because something happened with the 
Mauraders (James' marriage for starters)?
> 
> *Parasitic ingrate looser lackey*
> 

The more  I think about the rat, the more subversive theories seep through
my admittedly sneaky mind.

According to Peter,  he didn't so much 'go' over as was coerced over. 
Threats or whatnot. Not certain how much I believe that. Sirius blusters but 
Peter seems to have very little to say about it. Maybe it's me.

But still, I'm not a happy bunny. I point blank refuse to believe that Scabbers
scrabbled around Hogwarts for  God knows how many years without DD
knowing exactly who was in the rat suit. And if he  did, why didn't  he do
something about it?

I've postulated before that DD brought in Lupin as DADA prof because
Remus knew or was familiar with Sirius, Peter and Harry, the three main
participants in the PoA plot-line. He's the link between all three and would
probably be trusted, or at least listened to, by all of them.

But (and this is where the alternative thinking starts) what if DD did know
and did do something about it? What if at some point Scabbers was got at
by DD and is not so totally Voldy orientated as we think? What if the so-called
'life debt' that DD whitters on about is much more than speculation on his
part and he has good reason to think that Peter is ripe for turning, may indeed
have already been turned.

As a theory it's admittedly got a load of holes in it, needs more work to tease
out some canon support (if any  exists), but it might be fun hitting the books
for an hour or two, see what turns up. 

Doesn't answer your question, I know. But if Peter is as weak as we believe,
couldn't that make him vulnerable to pressure from either side?

Kneasy