I posed the question because a number of people (myself included) had the initial reaction of "oh, well that's ok then, it's just Pettigrew". And really, it's *not* ok. I wasn't even going to post this fic at all (it really bothered me) until I realised a few other people had that same experience, and I thought: "Well, if it makes people examine their reactions...", so I did it.

As for the next chapter...I'm a little torn on that. I do have one written (and another in the works), about Snape going to Malfoy Manor, but...I'm not entirely certain that I am going to post it as a part of this story; I may make all the subsequent chapters as a different, stand-alone story, given that they don't require this chapter to make sense. And I don't want to force people to read gratuitous abuse, torture and rape if they don't want to. However, I haven't completely decided yet, hence the fic isn't marked as completed or not yet.

As I asked another reviewer, do you truly believe it's ok to torture someone because you don't like what they represent? That is, after all, what the Death Eaters do to the Muggles...and the Muggle-borns.