#Wormtail

[loonyloopylupin96]

A thought on Peter...

We know James and Lily died in October 1981. We also know Peter was passing information over for more than a year before that.

What happened in 1980 that made Peter feel disenfranchised from his friends enough to turn his back?

Well... I've had a thought about that.

Harry was born in 1980.

What if the reason Peter felt more disconnected from the friends who were already far superior to him academically (and even in animagus size tbh) was because they had something new and all-consuming to focus on?

James had Lily, he now had Harry, Sirius was Godfather...

Remus could cope with not being the centre of attention because he had friends, and because as a werewolf he was grateful for anything (except in HBP when he finally pushes against relationships but anyway), but Peter... didn't have that. He wasn't down on himself enough to think 'this is all I'm going to get, so it's fine' (or 'I love these people and seeing them happy makes me happy').

He didn't know why he wasn't quite there with them, but...

Take a look at reddit child free threads, or similar spaces online, and see how long it takes you to find a post about someone saying they've lost their friend to the friend's new child (or something to that effect). It happens. Combine that with what Peter does say - their side was losing people, they were losing generally - perhaps he felt he had already lost James by that point. Sirius, too. He couldn't 'lose' Remus because Remus wasn't that kind of person (until y'know 1993 but my boy is not a doormat - he has limits!) but then... he only hurt Remus by hurting the others, he didn't physically hurt Remus.

So, what if that was the turning point?

(I just checked PoA to see... and pointing out that Harry looked like James was almost the last thing he did in that room. Everyone else starts a conversation by pointing it out, but Peter didn't bother. Is that indicative of disregard, or just a by-product of watching the boy grow up for three years?)

[starkayezer]

Xeno calls Peter "my rat boy"

[siriuscollar]

peter pettigrew would randomly become a meme on the internet and then gain a social media following.

this leads to an invite from the met gala or whatever other bougee party there is.

does he tell james, sirius or remus? ofc not!

it’s his little side quest and he’s just on a little adventure (god forbid a white boy catches a vibe(he simply forgets)).

the other marauders only find out peter attended the met when they see tiktoks of this dude dressed in a rat costume…

[losver07]

peter pettigrew would say the most unhinged, brute, casually cruel things and instantly go "oh whoops! sorry, didn't mean that!"

[letraspal]

They won’t let Remus side after a ugly full moon 🌕

[iamthedamndonutdrawcat]

sapphic prongstail for @your-favourite-yapper

[pastawithoutketchup]

[cryingoverdeadgaywizzards]

Peter Pettigrew would’ve loved snl

[outromoony]

Peter Pettigrew is socially awkward and makes questionable life choices, but I promise you his Spotify Wrapped is fire.

[maxdibert]

"I can speak to him myself if I want to!"

"Of course you can," said Snape, sneering.

Snape is clearly bitter and resentful about the fact that Wormtail can speak to Voldemort himself if he wants to, indicating he does that often and there's nothing Snape can do about it. Combined with the fact that Wormtail often eavesdrops which Snape hates, there's no doubt he's there so he can keep an eye on Snape.

Even Snape acknowledges Voldemort didn't trust him at first when he returned. It's unlikely he trusted him completely till he killed Dumbledore.

No one’s even talking about whether Snape thinks Voldemort trusts him or not. That’s something you’ve completely made up and thrown into the mix. The actual point is that in that scene, Snape is very clearly toying with Wormtail, provoking him deliberately and with full intent.

You’re mixing up concepts that have nothing to do with each other. This isn’t about trust dynamics with Voldemort, it’s about power play and psychological domination, and Snape is absolutely in control of that interaction. Let’s not pretend otherwise.

[ohyou-pretty-things]

artist : sybillgray 🐾

[penseesduncookie]

I’ve been reading The cadence of part time poets from @motswolo lately and i think it’s my favorite fic so far!!

here some fanarts of those lovely boys 🌼

[adisplanet]

it was moony, WORMTAIL, padfoot and prongs, and i'm sick of people pretending it wasn't.

They wouldn't have put peter's name second in the list if he wasn't as much a part of the group as the other three. peter wasn't an afterthought, the marauders weren't a trio. yes, he betrayed them, but not until years later. years after the map had been made and years after they'd shared a dorm. they were just four best friends against the world - moony, WORMTAIL, padfoot and prongs.

[sennenrings]

after the full moon, circa 1976

do not repost my art.

[70swizards]

funniest thing to me is how remus is a cat person and how james is a dog person, and yet, their boyfriends are the opposite as animagi 😭

[letraspal]

So… no personal space when you’re a marauder, huh.