Wormtail: Character Study, Part 1

The Real Weird Sisters: A Harry Potter Podcast

Alice Asleson & Martha Krebill

Tv & Film, Books, Arts

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Alice and Martha discuss one of the most sympathetic, charismatic, and charming characters of the series, Wormtail. It's honestly hard to believe he hadn't received the Real Weirdo until now! Not to be confused with our Scabbers episode, this character study discusses Peter Pettigrew's arc in the third and fourth books.

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0:00.0	Wormtail, part one.
0:03.0	May I have your attention, please?
0:08.0	May I have your attention, please?
0:13.0	Will the real weird sisters please stand up?
0:17.0	We're gonna have a problem here.
0:18.0	Were the weird sisters were the real weird sisters?
0:20.0	All you while the weird sisters are finding out the victors were the real weird sisters?
0:24.0	Please stand up. Please stand up. Please stand up.
0:29.0	Hi and welcome to the real weird sisters. I'm Martha.
0:32.0	And I'm Alice.
0:33.0	And today we're here to talk about Wormtail slash Peter Patigrew in the third and fourth books.
0:39.0	Alice, are you excited to talk about this super fun, well-loved character?
0:45.0	A little lump of a boy. A little lump of a boy.
0:49.0	Never had much for brain.
0:52.0	I think I am excited, yes.
0:57.0	He is an interesting character, but the funny thing is we've always really had a major dislike for Wormtail.
1:03.0	And even to the point where when he won the real weirdo on our website, it's written in there as Wormtail sad face.
1:10.0	Yeah, it's not even sad face. It's like a mouth of side face.
1:16.0	Very conflicted about giving him the real weirdo.
1:20.0	Very, very grudgingly gave him the real weirdo.
1:23.0	Right, because it was like, okay, our definition of real weirdo is supposed to be like the breakout character of the episode.
1:28.0	I mean, I love the chapter, although by the time we get to the fifth book, there's not really any breakout characters.
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