[spoilers] Harry and Ruth. The Wonder Years.

[Tea Lady]

(17-12-2010 09:23 AM)DogSoSmall Wrote:  Knowing how Harry has changed over this series, and the way every death is now weighing heavy on him (including the deaths of the unknown 9 in 9.1), I do think he would have made the same decision for Beth or Dmitri. The file was a fake - harmless. No-one would die because the Chinese got their hands on it. In my head I think of the file as completely worthless, so don't hold much truck with the whole "it was still a state secret" argument. The difficulty would be knowing whether that would be a good thing to admit to or not at the enquiry. Would the powers that be trust him more if he said he would have given up that state secret to save any life, or would it be better for him if they thought the circumstances were exceptional? And it they thought it was all because of Ruth, how would she be able to keep her job if he kept his?

By the way, thanks for the help with the fanfic. I'm not really a fanfic person. Any I've come across before, I have read the first sentence and then run screaming for the hills. In the case of Harry and Ruth there are a couple of reasons that I'm quite enjoying some of them. Firstly, I'm feeling that the writers may well not come to a satisfying conclusion for Harry and Ruth, so I need to get one where I can. Secondly, I've found that Spooks fans are generally more intelligent than the average fanficker and therefore can write rather well!

I'm not so sure Albany was so harmless though. As a member of the public (and if this was real ,) what Harry did, has put us all at a greater risk of attack from our enemies. In terms of Britain's defence, especially with all the military cuts lately, we really do rely on the Cousins for our defence, in the event of a large scale attack. Albany gave the UK the ability to defend itself and to still show itself as a global superpower. Harry ruined all of that. I therefore do not believe that Harry would have done the same thing for Dimitri or Beth. This was something that Harry would only have done for Ruth. I believe that it was as simple as Harry promising himself that he would never let her go again, no matter what. If Albany had been real, I think he would have done the same thing, but had a fake passport ready and perhaps one for Ruth as well.

DogSoSmall, if you have not read "Secrets" on fanfic, can I recommend this. It's the mother of all H/R stuff IMO. Start at Part 1.