Ron as Sirius and Neville as Peter (was: About Ron again)

[blpurdom]

No: HPFGUIDX 34580

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "meglet2" <mercia at i...> wrote:
> Thanks to everyone who replied. Some very interesting points but 
> I'm still a bit worried. The betrayal by the friend who is closer 
> than a brother (as Ron is for Harry) is particularly tragic and 
> was thought to be the case with James and Sirius. Since we now 
> know that to be false it could be that it will be a reality for 
> Harry and Ron. I still very much hope not and want Ron to have the 
> strength of character to resist any temptations to evil but it 
> would be a very strong theme. 

I fail to see how the betrayal of Sirius never happening means that 
it is MORE likely that Ron will betray Harry.  It seems far more 
likely that the SAME thing might occur (that people will THINK that 
Ron is a traitor for a while, while he has been loyal all along) and 
the James/Sirius relationship would therefore serve as foreshadowing.

> I don't think Hermione would be susceptible in the same way 
> because I think she a) has more insight into herself and others, 
> b) has more strength of character and c) is too unshakeable in her 
> loyalty to Harry. But I may be overly biased in her favour. I have 
> a lot of fellow feeling for Hermione. 

She doesn't have as much insight into herself as she does into 
others.  (A real blind spot with Gilderoy Lockhart, don't you 
think?)  She also has shown a tendency to keep important information 
to herself (the Time Turner, Lupin being a werewolf).  Her loyalty 
is unquestionable, however, and therefore anything she does that 
inadvertantly hurts Harry, will, I believe, be just that: 
inadvertant and done with the best of intentions.  Think of the 
Firebolt incident: she had the best of intentions and her two best 
friends were hacked off at her for a while, but she did what she 
thought was right out of loyalty to Harry.  She's not afraid to risk 
alienating even the people she cares about most to do what she feels 
is right.

When Harry, Ron and Hermione are going over the lake as first years 
in the first book, they are joined by another person: Neville.  It 
seems that Neville is the best doppelganger for Pettigrew.  He's not 
considered very competant and he's at the fringes of the group.  
Perhaps his attachment to Hermione (he asked her to the ball) will  
spur him to do something traitorous (he could possibly get the 
impression she's involved with Harry or Ron whether that's correct 
or not).  A lot of folks have been rooting for Neville to tap into 
the power he "must" have inherited from his parents, but somehow I'm 
not completely convinced that would be a good thing...

--Barb
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