And now for something really depressing

[milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 2243

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, eggplant88 at h... wrote:
>  
> >> To Harry Hermione is a close friend and brilliant colleague but 
> any romantic interest would bring Harry into  serious conflict with 
> Ron, and I don't see that happening.
>  
> > Yes, it would bring him into conflict with Ron.  Ron might well be
> > motivated to betray Harry at some point because of this  . . . .
> 
> 
> Gee, and people say my scenario for the last book is too dark! I 
find 
> the idea of Ron betraying Harry far more depressing than our hero 
> going out in a blaze of glory at the end of book 7.

Oh I'm almost expecting someone close to Harry betraying him. It's a 
very old theme...very "Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe" ;-) But I think 
Ron would be the too obvious choice. In the two books, we've seen Ron 
as the focus of inter-trio discontent...first it was Ron vs.
Hermione, 
then it was Ron vs. Harry and Ron vs. Hermione again. It'll be too 
obvious if Ron betrays Harry..not much of a surprize, IMO.