Killing Pettigrew: Yea or Nay?

[Jennifer]

No: HPFGUIDX 116232


pippin wrote:
> > Here's something else that bothers me. At the beginning of GoF, 
> > Peter tries to persuade Voldebabe that he should be allowed to 
> > go fetch another wizard, and Voldebabe thinks this is a plan to 
> > desert him. But that is very strange.
> > 
> > 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?

Carolyn:
> It's the persuasive part of Agent!Peter theory. Firstly he didn't 
> have to hide with the Weasley's for 12 years; secondly he didn't 
have 
> to go back to Voldie; thirdly he didn't have to help Voldie with 
his 
> plans, especially the resurrection spell. So, why did he? He could 
> have buggered off to deepest anywhere, and lived as a rat for a 
very 
> long time before anyone tracked him down. We've no evidence that 
the 
> DEs are an international gang, beyond Karkaroff's job at Durmstrang 
> (which he may have got post-Vapor!Mort), and Sirius only came after 
> Peter once he saw the photo in the Daily Prophet.
> 
> And for that matter, why did Peter allow himself to appear in the 
> photo of the Weasley's on holiday? If he was trying to hide from 
> everyone, particularly those that knew he was a rat, it was a 
pretty 
> stupid thing to do, don't you think? Sounds as though it was a 
staged 
> shot, with the Weasley family all grouped together, not a paparazzi 
> shot using a telephoto lens - plenty of time for him to scarper 
into 
> Ron's pocket, bag or down his trouser leg... 
> 
> If he's not smart enough to hide from a photographer, how come he 
was 
> smart enough to spy for a year, beat Sirius at duelling and 
> simultaneously blow up a street?
> 
> Instead, is Peter, in his weak, rat-like way gradually nerving 
> himself to play another role - his part in Voldie's downfall? 

Jennifer: 

Of course appearing in the Daily Prophet photo was stupid but then 
was there really any reason for him to think he may be recognised? 
Sirius is in Azkaban and happened to see that photo by chance (would 
he have access to the paper normally?)and Lupin doesn't know the 
Weasley's, wouldn't it be possible that if you don't know them 
personally you would simply skim the photo before moving on? Was 
there anyone else who knew he was an animagus as that point? He 
wasn't really the focal point of that picture. To really see that 
there is one toe missing of a rat sitting on a boys shoulder (with 
the other 8 members of his family around him) wouldn't you have to be 
really looking at it? It was stupid of him but I don't think it's 
something he would have given much thought to especially as he seems 
to be sitting on Ron's shoulder exposed. 

If Peter used Voldemort's wand to blow up the street would that make 
any difference to his abilities (power) or none at all? Sorry if 
that's been answered before I was just curious?

I hate to say it but the reason I always assumed Peter didn't just 
abandon Voldemort was because he was afraid of what would happen if 
he did and he was being promised all kinds of things and he clearly 
seems to love the idea of power