Parallels between the Weasleys and King Arthur's family?

[frodoyoda_2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 31600

>> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "ftah3" <ftah3 at y...> wrote:The youngest 
>>brother is Gareth. Sir Gareth is one of the most 
>>gentle, 
>> good knights of the Round Table. Malory is very fond of him, and 
>> gives him one of the happiest, most complete and neatly ended 
>>tales 
>> in the Morte Darthur. He spends much time elaborating on how 
>>gentle, 
>>modest, and patient a knight he turns out to be, but also how 
>>valorous and strong. 
>> 
>> Gareth represents the youthful ideals of the Round Table--
>>strength, 
>>uprightness, devotedness, gentleness, courtesy. Everyone in the 
>>Arthurian legend loves Gareth (except, of course, Mordred and Kay).

>That's so Ron! Neat-o!

Actually, in many of the Arthurian tales(definitely in the Mists of 
Avalon, maybe in The Once and Future King, and others), Gareth is not 
the youngest, Mordred is. This would align Ron with him, and he was 
the one who betrayed Arthur. Gareth was the second youngest brother, 
which would make him either Fred or George. Gareth was killed by 
Lancelot in a fit of passion as he saved Guinevere from being 
exectued for her betrayal of Arthur.
As I refuse to see Ron as a traitor, and really can't see Harry 
killing either of the twins to save Ginny, I think that these 
paralells 
are shady at best...

retreating back into lurkdom,
Molly