Pettigrew: hopeless at dueling was Re: TBAY: Anthem of the SWAK DEAD

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Davenclaw wrote:

Yes, but Voldemort himself calls him something like a "miserable
wizard" or something else derisive during his speech to the DEs in
GoF. I think this is a bit of a goof - either AK isn't that hard to
do, or Peter shouldn't be able to do it, or maybe he can only do it
using LV's wand because LV has somehow given him a little extra
boost to do things like that.<<

KathyK responded:

...edit...

Our other source of information, that Pettigrew was "Never quite in
thier league, talent-wise,"* and was hopeless at dueling, is
McGonagall. I'd wonder what being hopeless at dueling entails. Is
it that he's unable to do the spells, or that he's just not as quick
on his feet with casting as others? And she does say Wormtail was
not in James and Sirius's league, not that he had no abilities or
talent. So I think it quite likely Peter is able to cast AK all on
his own.


Kemper now:

You got me thinking KathyK.  What if McGonagall is referring to his 
work in the Order?  Let's say he got in a few duels with some Death 
Eaters.  He doesn't want to AK them and tick off LV, his master.  So 
instead, he casts weaker spells, mis-aims, or drops his wand.  
McGonagall may have commented to one of the others in the Order 
during VWI, "That Peter, so inept but so brave... a pitty we're out 
numbered 20 to 1, we could really use someone with some dueling 
skills... or even nunchuck skils."

I'm curious on when he was practicing the AK.  Perhaps he was 
involved in some ambushes of Order members.  

Kemper who has 36hours to wait...