Ungrateful Werewolf ( Was Re: Character Given A Reprieve)

[Dana]

No: HPFGUIDX 175647

Mim:
> But does it really work this way? He was a Marauder in school. He 
> was their friend and as much a member and a product of their little 
> gang as any of them. And perhaps if James had tried a little harder 
> he might have seen just how much Peter resented him. But he 
> encouraged the hero worship and the fawning not really seeing how 
> Peter felt. Peter is still a monster for betraying him but to some 
> extent James should have seen it coming and didn't.
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Dana:
Could you provide canon support that Peter betrayed the Potters 
because he resented James? Lily refers to Peter as Wormy when she 
tells Sirius in the letter that he had been visiting them just the 
weekend before and that he seemed a little depressed. 
No where in canon is it ever suggested that Peter betrayed the 
Potters for anything other then him wanting to save his own skin in 
the ongoing war and Peter believing LV's side of the fence was 
probably the safest side to be on. 
He himself in PoA admits that he had not been brave enough to refuse 
to do LV's bidding and keep fighting against him. That he hadn't been 
brave enough to die not even for his friends. 

What you are suggesting as Peter's reason has been suggested as a 
possible reason in fandom but never anywhere in the books. James 
could not have seen it coming that Peter would be willing to betray 
his friends to secure his position on LV's side of the war. 

The switch plan was never put in place with the intention of putting 
Peter in the line of fire. They did not ask Peter to die for them; 
they just trusted that he would not betray the secret to anyone and 
no one but the Potters, Sirius and Peter himself knew that he had 
been their secret keeper. So if Peter would have kept his mouth shut 
then no one would have ever gone after him to force the secret out of 
him. He did not betray the Potter because he was under pressure or 
because he resented James. He betrayed them because he believed LV 
was going to win the war anyway. He just betrayed the Potters to 
proof his loyalty for LV to get LV's protection in return. 

If you do not want to accept that James truly grew out is arrogant 
behavior then fine be that way but I think you can't accuse Lily of 
not being perfectly nice to Peter and he betrayed her to. And if LV's 
treatment of Peter is anything to go by then I seriously doubt that 
anything anyone ever said to Peter had any effect on him, as he was 
still willing to sacrifice his own hand for LV while he had been 
threatened often enough to end up as Nagini's dinner. We do not see 
LV paying any attention to Peter's possible hurt feelings either but 
he is willing to do pretty much anything for him. Well accept dying 
of course. 

JMHO

Dana