A Traitor in Their Midst

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 86167

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tracy Hunt" <tcyhunt at e...> wrote:
> 
> <justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> > Can anyone direct me to the interview in which JKR suggests that 
> Harry
> > or his side will be betrayed by someone Harry trusts? I did a search
> > for both "traitor" and "betrayal" using the interview search engine
> > and came up with nothing. 
> > 
> > Two related questions:
> > 
> > 1)Is that interview the source of all the ESE! speculation? If not,
> > what (aside from an incurable impulse to theorize) is that train of
> > thought all about? and 
> > 
> > 2) Why does the traitor have to be a member of the Order? I really
> > don't buy Dumbledore, McGonagall, Lupin, Snape, or Bill as ESE. Why
> > not a member of Dumbledore's Army, if not (ugh) Cho, how about a
> > Gryffindor? My candidate of the moment is Seamus, who believed the
> > lies about Harry in the Daily Prophet. He would make a nice parallel
> > to Peter Pettigrew, a trusted roommate who drifted to the wrong side
> > through weakness. (Then again, his dad's a muggle, which would make
> > his family, and Dean Thomas's, candidates for extermination by the
> > DEs.) Or maybe Parvati Patil and Lavender Brown?
> > 
> > Reactions or suggestions, anybody?
> > 
> > Carol
> 
> now Tcy:
> 
> Carol,  I'm not sure of the interview...but the start of the ESE!
> Lupin on this site can be blamed...um, I mean attributed to Pippin.  
> I believe the start of it was post Pippin's post #39562.  In this 
> post, she posited that Lupin was ESE from his first scene (he gave 
> the Trio tainted chocolate). 
> 
> You can search the archives, though it takes a while.  Some of the 
> other posts you might find interesting are: 
> 
> 39952, 51925, 51990, 52129, and 57900.
> 
> You can also find links to many good posts at: 
> 
> http://www.hpfgu.org.uk/faq/mysteries.html
> (under Magical Creatures - about 1/3 of the way down the page)
> 
> Hope that helps a little...good luck!
> 
> Tcy

Thanks, Tcy. I'll try to find time to search the archives if I get a
break from work around Christmastime. Meanwhile, I still want to know
whether there's an interview implying that someone will betray Harry,
or whether it's all just speculation. I also want to know what people
think of the possibility that the traitor might be a kid in the DA
rather than an adult in the Order.

Carol