Peter's basic nature v Snape basic nature/ Which one is worse? Pure speculat

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 144992

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" <susiequsie23 at s...> 
wrote:

> I know this has been a discussion of whether Peter is cowardly or 
> brave or OFH, but the issue has also been raised about whether he's 
> to blame or not to blame for various things.  In this case, while 
> Pettigrew spilling the beans to Voldy might be *understandable* (esp. 
> if Voldy came *to* him), I still don't reduce how much I blame him or 
> how much I disrespect him, simply because Voldy's a scary guy.  Peter 
> GAVE the information and we've seen no indication that he regretted 
> having done so.  (I do NOT buy his line in the Shrieking Shack as 
> true remorse for one minute -- he was trapped and desperate he knew 
> it.  If he had really had regretted it, would he have concocted 
> the "kill a dozen Muggles and frame Sirius" plan?)
> 

Pippin:
We don't know that Peter was the spy, or that he killed Cedric, or that
he was responsible for the Muggle deaths. It is not beyond the wiles
of Voldemort or JKR to make him look more guilty than he is. JKR 
has confirmed that Wormtail killed Cedric. But just as more than
one person may be concealed by the invisibility cloak, a false name
can hide more than one person. And "Wormtail" is a false name.

In order to kill Cedric, Peter would have had to put the bundle 
aside, (it wouldn't do to AK Voldie)  aim his wand, and say the words, 
all while Cedric, who was young, alert and a tri-wizard champion 
with  his wand ready, just stood there. As Harry pointed out
in canon, Cedric was more than capable of performing an 
Expelliarmus himself and it can save you, even from Voldemort,
if you get it out in time.  Doesn't it make sense to assume there
was someone else at the graveyard, someone who was making
sure that Wormtail did as he was told, a person who used 
Voldemort's wand to kill Cedric as soon as the order was given?

Could this person have killed the Muggles? Could he have
been the one who spied on the Order for a year before the
Potter's deaths? Could he have discovered that Peter was the 
secret keeper and betrayed him? Could Peter have been
memory charmed and forced to believe that he was the
spy and *did* reveal himself to Voldemort of his own free
will?  Indeed.

So Peter's redemption is maybe not as far to seek as you think. 
However, ESE!Lupin is not likely to reform any time soon ;-)


Pippin