Pensieve memories/ Cowards

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Valky:
>Oh my, I *do* get irritated when I am reminded of this one. It's 
>such a niggling itch that won't go away.
>How the hell was snivelling cowardly Peter Pettigrew *ever* a 
>Gryffindor? The numero uno prereq for a Gryff student is bravery, so 
>whatever did the sorting hat see in Peter that could be called brave?

In Peter's case, I think it was actually more of the Hat seeing what 
Peter was NOT.  Ambitious?  His only ambition seemed to be wanting to 
stay alive - he doesn't seem to be grasping at power.  I think the 
only reason he became Voldemort's boy was because Voldie snatched him 
up and threatened him.  He certainly didn't join LV to gain anything 
other than keeping his precious skin intact.  So, NOT Slytherin.  
Loyal?  Well, we know he sold out his dearest friends at the drop of 
a hat, not to mention Dumbledore and the rest of the good people in 
the WW, so NOT Hufflepuff.  And Intelligent?  I think if Peter had 
any intelligence he could have come up with a way out of selling his 
soul to Voldemort and sacrificing his friends to save his butt.  So, 
NOT Ravenclaw.  What did that leave?  Gryffindor.  And weasel though 
he was, you have to admit it was rather brave of him to go seek out 
the evil misty Voldemort after his Scabbers gig was up.  A true 
coward would have tried to go hide under the farthest rock, but not 
our brave little Peter.  He was too cowardly to save his friends, but 
brave enough to try to save his hiney, yet again, by seeking out the 
person that would fry him on the spot if he wasn't so darned useful.

Nicky Joe