Breaking Ties and Loyalty

Hey guys, I’m sorry it’s been a while¦ School started this week again and teachers have been pummelling us year elevens with the knowledge that our mocks are in January! Anyway, I’m back now, thanks to Sunday being my only free day, and I’d like to talk about Wormtail!

OK, It’s a given that I am not Peter’s biggest fan to have ever walked the planet, so this’ll probably be the most biased blog I have ever created but I am going to talk about why he broke off from his Gryffindor roots to become a slightly less than faithful Death Eater.

I stand by the firm belief that Peter, when he was eleven years old, must have shown potential to be daring, brave, noble and all those other Knightly qualities which make up Gryffindor house¦ but something changed. Of course there are those who believe that the only reason he got into Gryffindor is because he asked the Sorting Hat, like Harry did.

I like to believe in my theory because I never like to take a character for face value, no matter how obvious they are. But he does seem to have an incredibly cowardly streak to him which doesn’t seem to fit with the house that’s emblem is a lion! But at the same time, I don’t think he belongs to any of the other houses;

– He’s not kind, and definitely not loyal.
– He’s not naturally smart and charismatic.
– And although many feel that he should be Slytherin, I don’t see it myself. He’s not shrewd at all, he’s just good at getting out of tight spots and as for ambition, I don’t feel that he was ever one for power, more one who wants to stay safe at the cost of anyone else.

I believe he is an innately selfish character, but this still doesn’t explain the ultimate question of WHY he was put in Gryffindor. Admittedly there are people all through the series that don’t exactly fit there house values, or break expectations; Severus, Zacharias, Andromeda and Percy are the first four that comes to mind.

– Why do you think Peter was put in Gryffindor?

– Who do you think breaks expectations the most in the whole series?

I hope you enjoyed this rather odd blog, I attempted to be polite towards old, wormy!

Peace Out!

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