[HPforGrownups] The significance of Wormtail?

[Laura Lynn Walsh]

No: HPFGUIDX 134313


>Rhianyn:
>One thing I am struck  by
>... why is Wormtail in the scene at Spinners End?  We know Herself does 
>nothing casually or extraneously ... so what is gained by having 
>Peter  there? 
>Why him?  What plot task does he have that relates to the  Unbreakable Vow or
>some other part of that scene?
>
>**Rhianyn settles on the comfortable armchair by the fire and curls  her
>fluffy tail about her just so.**

I haven't seen an answer to this, so I will give my
guess.  I think Wormtail will have a minor, but important
role in the last book and this is setting up some of his
motivation.  He expected to be honored by LV and the
DE crowd, but instead, he is being treated like a lowly
servant - far below what his expectations were.  He is
bound to feel resentful and sullen.  Eventually, he might
even feel justified in getting some of his own back.  "Why
help the bad guys if they just treat me like dirt anyway?"

Laura Walsh   lwalsh at acsalaska.net