Ironic that a "Life Debts" essay was just posted, because I've been working on one.  Here it is!

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How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria Wormail?

( An essay about Wormtail's role in the books, his motivations, and how living with Snape may be the push he needs to make him grow a spine and help Harry. )

Ok, I have a theory, it's not really a "new" theory , and i have a feeling that not many people will agree. But my theory is that the main characters (5 of them) from the WMPP era were in love with Lily.

James Potter
DUH.. she was his wife.

Remus Lupin
I think that Remus and Lily are very similar, even though Lily is popular, she is smart and logical ( Read more... )

This theory has been stewing within me for some time and has little, if any, canon support. What it does is explain a possible scenario that would put the entire Harry Potter series in a cocked hat and in some way put those who had not thought of this possibility on the alert for it (assuming it does unravel JKR’s little secret).( Read more... )

...Which does exactly what it says on the tin, which is offer some Very Disjointed Thoughts About Severus Snape, Regulus Black and Peter Pettigrew and what might have motivated them to leave/join the Death Eaters.

( You don't just hand in your resignation to Voldemort... )

When I first started writing about Remus Lupin, I did a bit of research into wolves to shed some light on what makes our favorite werewolf tick. I am not at all an expert on the subject, but wolves, like humans, are pack animals, and their psychology is not all that different from ours. So I offer this essay as an exploration of the dynamics among ( Read more... )

Back on Jan 24, amanuensis1 made an interesting post where she speculated on the odds of various HP characters dying in Book 7.

This essay covers slightly different ground. Like her, I believe that both Snape and Pettigrew are goners, but instead of the chances of their deaths in book 7, I'm going to describe the manner in which I believe Snape and Pettigrew ( Read more... )

I guess I get to post the first essay of the new year, then. :^)

Whether Peter Pettigrew is a pure-blood, a half-blood, or a Muggle-born has never been explicitly stated either in the books or in any of JKR's interviews. However, I think it is possible to take what information we do have about Peter and make a strong case for one of the three ( Read more... )

( The Quadrilateral Dynamic )

Wormtail was the only one who didn't laugh.

"I got the snout shape, the pupils of the eyes and the tufted tail,' he said anxiously, 'but I couldn't think what else - "
(OotP US pb, pg. 643)

Many readers see Peter's failure to remember five signs that identify a werewolf as a sign of Peter being lazy, unobservant, or just plain ( Read more... )