[HPforGrownups] Wormtail

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 150502

Donna wrote:
In "Prisoner of Azkaban" , Chap 14, Snape's Grudge, Snape doesn't seem to
recognize the name "Mr. Wormtail" when the Marauder's Map insults him.

Comments?  Corrections?  Thoughts?

Donna


Sherry now:

Actually, I always felt by the tone of the discussion between Snape and
Lupin in the scene, that Snape did know the nicknames.  And we do see the
marauders calling themselves those names in the pensieve scene as well.  I
mean this as a completely neutral Snape comment with no thought of good or
bad Snape.  Just that I feel confident he knew the names.

As to how Wormtail became common knowledge, I've sometimes wondered, if
someone like Peter might have gloried in that name, that it could have given
him a sense of pride.  You know, hey, I'm with the coolest group of guys and
we've got special names and everything.  PP himself may have spread his name
far and wide.  And it doesn't seem as though the Marauders particularly
tried to keep it quiet.  The reason for the names was a secret, but the
names themselves didn't need to be.

Sherry