Who will be the Traitor

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 82768

Dragonetti <kozmoz4 at y...> wrote:
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> 
> I think the traitor will be someone we already know
> and trust, because JKR has been underlining the impact
> of someone turning his back on DD and the good guys
> since the third book. However, she has hid the traitor
> well, since a certain name does not pop in my head. 
> 
> Does a name pop in your head?

Annemehr:
Well, I can think of a few who may fit your template, but they are
also people I couldn't stand to see turn on Harry.  Of course, that's
exactly what would make them thematically effective traitors.

You are right, though, that the idea of treachery has been in the
series for a long time; since the first book, actually, IMO.  Harry
has felt it vicariously through his parents' betrayal but has yet to
receive it directly through someone he personally trusted.

It is bad enough to be at the mercy of your enemy and a victim of his
hatred; to be placed there by the treachery of one you believed cared
for you intensifies the pain immeasurably.

And we all know Harry's track record where pain is concerned.

Annemehr
Who, after reading GoF, thought:
1. Someone had better tend to Harry over the summer and see that he's
healing from his Graveyard experience, and
2. There had been rather enough of Harry feeling "pain such as he had
never felt before."

Silly girl.