Is Ron a seer?

[issybizz at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25375

Catherine wrote:

>Ron does nothing but clutch at straws.  If you 
>analyse all the comments he makes you will see that he gets a great 
>deal more wrong than he gets right. 
 
That fact may be true, but Ron seems to only get it wrong when he is 
trying to consciously predict what will happen. 

Quote:  ("yeah, someone could've - could've pulled him onto a broom 
and flown off with him, couldn't they?" said Ron quickly, looking 
hopefully at Moody, as if he, too, wanted to be told he had the 
makings of an Auror. [GoF, p 495] ) 
Another quote: (Ron's dark prediction that the house-elves would send 
sub-standard food up to the Gryffindor table because Heromine had 
insulted them proved false. [GoF, p 468] ). Ron may have liked for 
them to have done so because of his relationship with Heromoine - but 
as it was a conscious thing, it was wrong.

  It is my belief that Ron can only use this gift when he isn't 
consciously trying to.

Quote: Even after being proven otherwise (I was so sure it was 
Malfoy," said Ron for the hundredth time. [CoS, p171] ) And at the 
end of the book, we are told that it was (Lucas) Malfoy who gave the 
diary to Ginny. Ron was correct.
 
((snip))
>My money is still on Harry being the Seer - we have already had good 
>indications of this.
 
If u can easily say I am clutching at straws with Ron and his family 
being seers, how  can u say what Harry does is more than put two and 
two together. To me, that is all harry seems to be able to do. Harry 
uses logic to find answers (predict) but with Ron, it just comes to 
him with no logic, inspiration or evidence needed.
 
You may not agree with me but I hope I've explained myself clearly 
and haven't annoyed anyone too much! 
 
Luv Issy***