[HPforGrownups] Re: Peter

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 187782

<< The entire Peter plot is strange to me. It seems too much of coincidence.
Or am I thinking to much? >>

Lynda: Well, let's consider. A man with the ability to change form from man
to animal, his change being man to rat, decides to sell out his friends
because he is secretly on the opposition side of a conflict. He is
discovered by one of his former friends, shortly after the relevant
information has been given into his hands. His friend confronts (or is
getting ready to) him in public. So this man, a wizard no less, kills the
members of the public who are nearby, changes form to rat form, and leaves
his former friend holding the bag. Similar things have happened
historically, leaving out the magic and as in the case of Sirius/Peter, the
innocent one has gone to prison, everyone certain that they were guilty.

Then the man turned rat needs a place to hide. No one knew he could change
form and so he scurries to a place where he will be picked up by a family
that needs a pet. He's not great looking, so the owner of the shop who sells
him won't charge a lot, but he pulls it off and becomes a school wizard's
pet and is passed down through the family when the owner gets a reward from
the school--the reward in this case being becoming a prefect.

Certainly it's a plot that's been used before, and will be used again, I'm
sure, but coincidental? I know real people who have stories even stranger.

Lynda


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