This was just posted in the Snape thread by Ignisia. My response didn't have much to do with Snape, so I felt it would be more appropriate to post it here. This is the quote:
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Originally Posted by ignisia
Back to Tonk's questions a couple pages ago: Snape's actions vs. Wormtail's.
I would definitely say that Wormtail's actions were worse, for several reasons:
- Wormtail was quite openly their "friend"
- He knew all his victims very well and was on their good side
- He knew exactly who was going to be killed and did it anyway
- He never felt any remorse for what he did
- He did not attempt to rectify the situation
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I'm not going to argue who was worse, Snape or Peter. Both imo, were bad men overall, for different reasons. The point here that I disagree with is:
He never felt any remorse for what he did.
I find it hard to believe that Peter never regretted or felt bad for what he did to Lily and James. He was a coward, not necessarily a heartless killer, though his cowardly actions did lead to the deaths of his friends. I think he knew what he was doing was bad and he did have his morals in check, but he was a coward and was too scared to do the right thing. I think he did feel miserable after James and Lily's deaths.