Ron Betrayal Possibilities

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 13378

Hi --

morine10 at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 2/28/01 11:26:39 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> pennylin at swbell.net writes:
>
> > I don't think his behavior is particularly creepy, and I think he
> > probably is a good guy.  I think this is particularly likely since
> > Hermione seems to be such a good judge of character.  I don't think
> it's
> > weird for him to have been interested in someone so much younger,
> and
> > yes, he does seem to have good taste in women!
>
> I agree 110%.  Then again Ron has excellent taste as well!  I wonder
> if
> anyone out there who agrees with the above statement is also in the
> "Ron will go bad" camp?  You know, since we've established Hermione as
> such a good judge of character.

I'm not (and have never been) in any "Ron will go bad" camp.  I am,
however, in the "Ron may unwittingly betray Harry or Ron may be more
easily seduced by the dark side due to his ambitions & insecurities &
unwittingly betray Harry as a result" camp.

I firmly believe that Ron is a good person with his heart in the right
place and that he cares very much for both Harry and Hermione.  But, I
still think his ambitions & insecurities have been played up so subtly
(and are becoming harder & harder to ignore by GoF) -- it just seems
that it is possibly the groundwork for an eventual betrayal scenario
(although still an unwitting betrayal in my mind).  The only scenario
that I can envision Ron intentionally betraying Harry has to do with
Hermione (and I've explained it before so I'll skip it).

Penny



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