Doomed, they're Doomed!

[bluesqueak]

No: HPFGUIDX 39306

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Susanne <siskiou at e...> wrote:

> Saturday, June 01, 2002, 3:23:38 PM, bluesqueak wrote:
> 
> > Ron: More likely to Betray Harry Then Repent than actually get 
> > killed. Symbolic hints are being dropped all over the place. 
> > Interestingly, when Harry read Ron's tea leaves he gave his 
future 
> > as 'trials and suffering' followed by 'great happiness' (GoF UK 
> > hardback, p. 81) - is Snape the person who is going to Save Ron? 
(see 
> > above).
> 
> Hm.
> 
> If Ron really betrays Harry, I can't see "great happiness"
> in his future, even if he repents.
> 
> Would Harry really forgive him? Hermione? His family?

What if they all feel Ron's betrayal was partly their fault? That 
they should have spotted the signs before it was too late? Or even 
helped to cause it?

See Debbie's post #39283 for some very interesting points on how Ron 
is being diminished and belittled (*completely* unintentionally) by 
Harry and the Weasley family.

> 
> I can't see Ron find great happiness in leading a life where
> nobody ever fully trusts him again.

You only have to find one person who trusts you to have 'great 
happiness'. Soppy, but true. :-)

   Pip ('she's just a big softy really') squeak