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

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>> Amiable Dorsai:
> Suppose you've got Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Albus Dumbledore
> (once Remus gets him to believe) after you.  Suppose your Death 
Eater
> "friends" will kill you on sight, if they discover you're still 
alive.
>  Suppose that in not so many years, the son of the couple you
> betrayed, and his best friends--the genius little witch, and the 
kid
> who was brave enough to stand up on a broken leg to get between 
Harry
> and a mass murderer--will be old enough to join the hunt.
> 
> Suppose that the *best* thing you could expect, once they catch up 
to
> you, is a Dementor's Kiss.
> 
> Who you gonna call?


Alla:

Oh, I love you, Amiable Dorsai :). I mean I love your posts of 
course. Yes, you captured rather nicely the situation Peter may find 
himself in when he will be hunted by everybody, BUT I guess I am in 
doubt as to why he did not use the "run and hide" option, if indeed 
the main reason he joined Voldemort was his fear.

I suppose I am with SSSusan. I don't GET Peter either. One moment I 
am thinking of him that he was broken by Voldemort's torture and 
that is why he betrayed his friends and maybe just maybe some kind 
of redemption is possible for him, but then I don't understand at 
all him actively seeking to restore Voldemort, since that is 
suggests to me that Peter is not just broken, but deeply evil person.

Gah. Need book 7 now.

Alla