[HPforGrownups] What possessed Peter to restore Voldemort? (Was: Trusting Snape)

[P J]

No: HPFGUIDX 149382

Carol:
>We may not agree about Snape, but apparently we agree about Peter, who
>has to be the most cowardly Gryffindor of all time.

PJ:
We were bound to agree on something eventually.  Peter's a good start.  :-)

Carol:
>I don't think thatthe potion was in a book (unless it was a very ancient 
>one, and we
>know how Voldemort feels about ancient magic); I think he invented it
>and gave Peter the directions (as Vapor!mort certainly did when he
>gave Peter directions to create a rudimentary body using unicorn blood
>and Nagini's venom--*that* couldn't have been in any potions book).

PJ:
I agree. I too see Voldemort as being a top notch potion *creator*.  Just 
one more natural talent in a long list of talents that made him such an 
incredible student.

Carol:
>Why Peter actually went through with the assignment--kidnapping and
>injuring Harry, murdering Cedric (not part of the original deal, but
>promptly performed), violating a grave, and above all mutilating
>himself, all to restore Voldemort and make him stronger, is unclear to
>me. Did he really think he had no alternative and that he'd be better
>off with a stronger Voldemort?

PJ:

He tells Sirius and Lupin that he didn't feel he had a choice in serving 
Voldemort because Peter was convinced LV was going to win and there didn't 
seem any point in going against him.

He knows there's no way he can stay out of prison if he's caught by the 
ministry.  He also knows that Sirius was also an animagus, as well as a much 
better wizard, and it still took him years to finally escape those 
Dementors.  As we agreed earlier, Peter is a coward so the last place he'd 
want to be is around Dementors and the inprisoned DE's who may blame him for 
Voldemort's disappearance!

I think he convinces himself that if he does enough (finding Voldemort, 
caring for him, etc) he can make himself Voldemort's trusted right hand 
man.... Odd how that wish was fulfilled, wasn't it?  lol!


>Carol, wondering why Harry thinks that Voldemort (one "r") murdered
>Cedric when it was Wormtail who killed him

He heard Voldemort say something about killing the spare but maybe in all 
the confusion he didn't hear him clearly?  Or, he could simply feel that 
since Voldemort gave the order (and Cedric came out of Voldemort's wand) 
that he was the one responsible.

PJ