[HPforGrownups] Re: Who recruited Peter Pettigrew for the Dark Lord?

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 154816

> aussie now:
> This old post came out before the release of HBP. I think it is 
> clearer now that it was Snape that recruited Peter Pettigrew. The
> fact that Pettigrew was entrusted to Snape in Spinner's End 
> reinforces that. (If that is true, would that change anyone's 
> opinion on Snape?)


I don't believe it because I don't think Pettigrew would have
respected Snape enough to be recruited by him.  Snape was the loser
that James and Sirius smacked around for entertainment; not the kind
of guy Pettigrew would look to for advancement opportunities.

My assumption that it was Ludo Bagman was based partly on my
perception of Pettigrew's personality - he doesn't make an
unnecessary move before he has to, he reacts to things, he's
personally lazy but fast enough when he has to be - and partly on
what I thought would be Peter's priorities upon graduation - finding
a job, preferably the most pay for the least exertion.  

This was Sirius' and James' real blind spot where Pettigrew was
concerned.  Unlike their own comfortable situations where they didn't
need fulltime jobs but could throw themselves into Order work,
Pettigrew (like most of humanity, wizard or muggle) had to get a job.
 We've seen how not getting one regularly has hurt Lupin over the
years.  And once they were out of school, James' rep as a Quidditch
star wasn't going to do anything for Pettigrew's status in the job
market.  

Someone offered Pettigrew an opportunity and he jumped for it.  For
the reasons I listed in my original post, I still think it was
Bagman.

Magda

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