Killing Pettigrew: Yea or Nay?

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 116204


Pippin:
> Voldebabe is very weak, so weak that he cannot survive in that 
> form more than a few hours without feeding. Surely all Wormtail 
> would have to do is wait, and within a few hours Voldebabe 
> would be too weak to hold a wand. What, or who, compels 
> Wormtail to stay?
> 
> Voldemort says later on in the graveyard that Wormtail returned 
> to him only out of fear of his old friends. Yet it seems Wormtail 
> thinks he could  have left, if only Voldemort gave him permission. 
> Why, if his old friends are hunting him...they wouldn't care if he 
> had Voldie's permission, right?


SSSusan:
Voldebabe [like that term!] *is* weak, and it *would* seem a 
reasonable option for Wormtail to just run away.  So why doesn't he?
I see two possibilities.  

One:  Wormtail is truly committed to Voldy.  

Two:  Wormtail *is* afraid of all the old DEs and figures they'll 
hunt him down eventually if he runs.  If he stays & helps resurrect 
Voldemort, though, he'll (he hopes) be held up as an example to the 
other DEs and, thus, they wouldn't dare kill him.

Siriusly Snapey Susan