I followed the link here from Daily Snitch. I agree with your analysis - I see the Marauders' friendship as troubled and dysfunctional. In addition to everything you mentioned, there's the fact that James chose Sirius to be both the best man at his wedding and Harry's godfather. If it was an equal friendship of four people he would have chosen Remus or Peter for one of these roles. And then he again chose Sirius to be his Secret Keeper, and if I remember it correctly, they only switched to Peter because nobody would expect that he was the person trusted with the secret. I can understand if Peter was hurt and insulted by that and if that feeling led to his betrayal.
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Date: 2004-07-12 10:51 am (UTC)I agree with your analysis - I see the Marauders' friendship as troubled and dysfunctional. In addition to everything you mentioned, there's the fact that James chose Sirius to be both the best man at his wedding and Harry's godfather. If it was an equal friendship of four people he would have chosen Remus or Peter for one of these roles. And then he again chose Sirius to be his Secret Keeper, and if I remember it correctly, they only switched to Peter because nobody would expect that he was the person trusted with the secret. I can understand if Peter was hurt and insulted by that and if that feeling led to his betrayal.