the fact that Peter cut off his right index (GoF) suggests strongly that he's left-handed.
I'm pretty certain Peter is left handed, if only through the context clues from chapter 20.
Pettigrew had dived for Lupin's dropped wand. Ron, unsteady on his bandaged leg, fell. There was a bang, a burst of light - and Ron lay motionless on the ground.
It's a natural reaction for one to reach/dive/grab for something with the dominant hand, despite where it falls. He also conducts this attack seamlessly, which shows that he had experience using a wand with that hand. Also, that said, it'd be increasingly difficult to of pulled that off had he been right handed, either if he attempted to reach for it with that hand, or wield it with his left while being right-handed. Both would lead to disastrous results.
Peter’s left-handedness also amuses me on a small level. It reminds me about the left hand being unclean/evil, something that I could easily seeing his mother trying to remedy as I still see some parents doing that in present times, let along in the 1960’s.
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Date: 2004-05-24 01:12 pm (UTC)I'm pretty certain Peter is left handed, if only through the context clues from chapter 20.
Pettigrew had dived for Lupin's dropped wand. Ron, unsteady on his bandaged leg, fell. There was a bang, a burst of light - and Ron lay motionless on the ground.
It's a natural reaction for one to reach/dive/grab for something with the dominant hand, despite where it falls. He also conducts this attack seamlessly, which shows that he had experience using a wand with that hand.
Also, that said, it'd be increasingly difficult to of pulled that off had he been right handed, either if he attempted to reach for it with that hand, or wield it with his left while being right-handed. Both would lead to disastrous results.
Peter’s left-handedness also amuses me on a small level. It reminds me about the left hand being unclean/evil, something that I could easily seeing his mother trying to remedy as I still see some parents doing that in present times, let along in the 1960’s.