The Original Order of the Phoenix (now Peter Question)

[kumayama]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, Magda Grantwich
<mgrantwich at y...> wrote:
 
> I lean towards Red Hen's theory that the original Order was put
> together to guard the two infants who turned out to be the subjects
> of Trelawney's prophecy: Harry and Neville.  Had a third or fourth
> infant been born at the end of June that year, their parents would
> probably been enrolled as well.
> 
> Yes I do think the Marauders were a "package deal".  No one in their
> right mind, let alone Dumbledore, would have taken Pettigrew on
board
> without some kind of other reason than just his willingness to
join. 
> Or Sirius for that matter.  Pettigrew a(n apparent) star-struck
> James-fanatic and Sirius a reckless go-it-alone sort who had too
much
> faith in his own instincts.
> 
>snip
 
 
Lyn here:
This brings up an interesting (at least for me) consideration. What
did Peter think of James  and Lily having a child? If he remained so "star-struck" with 
James, or at least invested in  his relationship with James, what did he think of having to 
share Jame's attention with  others. Was Lilly already a most unwanted competitor for 
Jame's attention? Recall the photo Moody shares with Harry in which Peter has positioned 
himself between James and  Lilly. Is this not faintly remiscent of how a child or dog will
interject between two adults  sharing affection. So what then might a Potter child 
represent to Peter? Would not the child  draw yet more attention away from Peter, and 
would it not further cement the James-Lilly  relationship to the detriment of Peter? If Peter 
looked at it this way (and of course there is no direct canon to indicate this) might he not 
actually be interested in LV doing away with  the youngster, and perhaps even James as a 
result of him feeling slighted that the Jame's had diminished his attention towards Peter 
for his new role as parent.