My Post for today....House Elf Magic and Ron among other things...

[Scott]

No: HPFGUIDX 1753

Trying to condense my this information into one posts so that I don't 
bore you all to much.  Here it goes...

RON  (AND ENVY, SORT OF): Great post Peg! Of all the envy in the 
books I would say the worst would be Ron's.  I don't think I could 
deal with it, that is being constantly overshadowed by others...I am 
still (sadly) in the camp for Ron possibly betraying Harry and his 
family, (at least he is far more likely to betray the Weasely's than 
Percy).  Now to make y'all hate me more I even think that it COULD 
lead to Ron's death...

Wait; before you totally ostracize me I have reasons.  I make good 
grades and I set high academic standards, but if I don't live up to 
them I only have to answer to myself.  There are others that I know 
that have older siblings and always try to live up to that legacy.  
("If older brother always made A's in Chemistry then I HAVE too.")  
Now more times than not this can come from parents, and while I just 
don't see the Weaselys as judging one child by another I think Ron 
probably does this to himself.

While some might say that going over to "Their Team" isn't in Ron's 
character then I'm asking what books you read!! I don't think that 
Ron would willingly be a Voldemort supporter but I do think that in 
his quest for some type of noteriety he might compromise his values 
in a way that could help out the big V.

Yes, I think that Ron has a lot of Envy inside of him and not just 
for his siblings but for Harry and Hermione too.

KILLING HERMIONE?: Someone posted that JKR wanted to know why no one 
ever asked her to kill Hermione....Well here's my anwser.  "Hermione 
is just to much of a logical thinker, and yet she has both common AND 
book sense, she isn't as "wishy washy" as Ron and even MORE 
importantly if I actually got the chance to talk to JKR I wouldn't 
waste my time asking about Hermione...

HOUSE ELF MAGIC: I too agree that the HE's have a magic all their 
own...and one that is at LEAST as powerful as wizards.  Firstly they 
can do magic without wands and there are precious few things that 
wizards don't need wands for.  Secondly- They KNOW.  That is as 
simple as I can put it, but they know things that could save or 
destroy wizarding families....such as the Malfoys for the latter.
Thirdly, in CoS Lucius is thrown down the steps "by" Dobby but more 
importantly he then leaves, as if Dobby could do "sirius" harm to him.

I really like the HE's and I hope that Dumbledore does get them on 
his side they would be a powerful and loyal ally. (oh and fourthly 
they are probably the most sentient creatures after humans in the 
series...)


Hmmm, looking back I feel I may of Ramble a bit much, but as always 
please comment!

Scott