The Trio and the Love Triangle (I sure hope not!)

[michelle_ravel]

No: HPFGUIDX 38588

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "queen_of_slytherin" <gideoner4 at y...> 
wrote:
> However, I am highly, highly disturbed with the theory that Ron can 
> turn traitor because of Hermione.  <snip>
> Am I the only one who finds such a storyline cheesy and tacky? It 
> makes everything so melodramatic, soap operatic
and worse, 
> predictable and mediocre. If ever Ron will do become evil (which I 
> sure doubt), I sure hope that a love triangle is NOT the reason.

Yes, that storyline does seem a bit odd... it's the Harry's Creek 
phenomenon. ;) Honestly, I don't think something like this would 
happen, simply because I'm not sure where she'd have time to put it 
in! Romance *will* play a part in the books--JKR has said so--but to 
be an important character and plot point like that? My goodness, that 
would take a lot of maneuvering, wouldn't it? I'm sure she could do 
it, but why would she want to? Barf. Romance looks like it might be a 
sort of relieving side-plot... like it was in GoF. At least, I hope 
so. Too much romance would ruin the novels (I'm not here to read 
romance!)... while just enough would make it highly satisfying.

Let's at least have Ron going evil for a good reason, shall we, 
folks? If he has to become the next Peter Pettigrew, it had better be 
for a pretty damn exciting reason, having nothing to do with some 
girl.

JKR has done such a great job of demonstrating the strength of true 
friendship in the novel. The friendship between the three kids is so 
wonderful, so touching, so funny... it's honestly one of my favourite 
parts of the HP series. Friendship is one of the values that JKR 
talks about putting in her novels... and I do think that she would 
try to focus more on the strengthening and maturing of the 
friendships, rather than the breaking and corrupting of them. ;) 
Something has to be sacred here... and it looks like love between the 
friends is one of those things.

Besides, we've already had a huge betrayal-tragedy in the past, in 
Harry's parent's generation. I would think we might want to deal with 
that one first, eh?

To tear the friends apart in a messy love triangle situation would 
make them very different books than the ones I'm reading now. Not 
only would it do away with some fundemental truths I see JKR to be 
holding to... but it would be really, really dumb. Love triangle? 
Honestly.

No Harry's Creek--blech. Besides, don't we have some dude named 
Voldemort to worry about?

Michelle