I just feel this might be the first time Peter has directly killed another person. I know he killed the 12 muggles, but that was sorta an outcome of his explosion not so much his intent. This could ahve been a test to see how fully Peter was going to obey Voldemort.
That's a good point. As far as we know, he may never have used the killing curse on a person before.
Peter wants to feel needed more than anything else. Otherwise I can't see why he would stay because I do think Voldemort would be fairly helpless from time to time.
I think his original reasoning is what it appears to be: he is vulnerable now, and bringing Voldemort back to power is the only way he can feel protected. But I agree that the caretaking role may have appealed to him on some level, and perhaps made it easier to cope with the situation.
The scene in this chapter and then over in the next one runs to0 long for Peter to have survived without doing anything, but there's no mention of him doing anything but shoving cloth in the wound
Ah yes. JKR definitely did not research how long you would really be able to go without medical treatment after a wound like that. She does sometimes say that wizards are more physically durable than Muggles, but as great as it is for Voldie's characterization to show him prancing around expositing while his minion is bleeding out, it strains believability.
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Date: 2006-02-17 11:21 pm (UTC)That's a good point. As far as we know, he may never have used the killing curse on a person before.
Peter wants to feel needed more than anything else. Otherwise I can't see why he would stay because I do think Voldemort would be fairly helpless from time to time.
I think his original reasoning is what it appears to be: he is vulnerable now, and bringing Voldemort back to power is the only way he can feel protected. But I agree that the caretaking role may have appealed to him on some level, and perhaps made it easier to cope with the situation.
The scene in this chapter and then over in the next one runs to0 long for Peter to have survived without doing anything, but there's no mention of him doing anything but shoving cloth in the wound
Ah yes. JKR definitely did not research how long you would really be able to go without medical treatment after a wound like that. She does sometimes say that wizards are more physically durable than Muggles, but as great as it is for Voldie's characterization to show him prancing around expositing while his minion is bleeding out, it strains believability.