[HPforGrownups] Re: The intended murder of Pettigrew and moral corruption (Was; Vengeance on Sna

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 116338

> You make a very good point here, but just a thought...if they had
> killed Peter, Sirius would never have any proof that he was 
> innocent.  If he was ever caught, he would return to Azkaban with 
> no questions asked. At least if Peter was spared and was forced to 
> confess what he had done, Sirius could be free.  I know Sirius is 
> supposedly dead now, but at that point in 
> time in Book 3, sparing Peter's life was the only way for Sirius to
> be found innocent. 
> 
> kate


Very true.  Producing Peter's dead body at the end of POA would not
have altered the main part of the "true" version of events: the only
thing that would have changed would have been Peter's supposedly
heroic fight to the death.  "So he was so terrified of Black - even
when Black was in Azkaban! - that he lived like a rat for 12 years
rather than risk facing him.  Well, perhaps he knew Black well enough
to know that he'd escape and come after him eventually.  And that's
just what Black did!  Act of a guilty man!"

No, producing a dead body wouldn't have helped at all.

What Remus and Sirius SHOULD have done was petrificus-totalis-ed
Peter and bound him with strong cord as well, then levitated him up
to Dumbledore's office for a bit of veritaserum (which we didn't find
out about until GoF but bear with me here...).

Magda

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com