Does Ron the Seer need glasses?

oboakk nesbitaa at purdue.edu
Wed Apr 3 00:40:54 UTC 2002


No: HPFGUIDX 37360

As we've been discussing Weasley birth order and such, I've been 
thinking about the Ron the Seer idea, and I came up with a theory 
that is entirely selfish in that it supports my belief that Ron is, 
in fact, a Seer.  It's also sort of a bad theory because it can't be 
disproved since that would involve knowing Ron's thoughts.  This 
isn't really an advantage for me, since it can't be proven, either.  
All right, here we go:

_Ron_the_Reluctant_Seer_

Ron, as a child, noticed that he sometimes `sensed' or `knew' things 
that had not yet happened, and thought he might be a Seer.  However, 
he noticed how his family and others in the wizarding world viewed 
Seers and Divination and decided not to tell anyone about his `Sight' 
since he thought people wouldn't take him seriously.

As he grew, Ron learned to act as skeptical of Divination as he 
believed the rest of the wizarding world was.  When he started 
Trelawney's class, and found out that most of the other students 
(with the exception of Lavender and Parvati) thought she was a batty 
old fraud, and decided that he *did not* want anyone to think he was 
like her.

Ron played it off like Divination was all a big joke, since that's 
what everyone else seemed to think, and because he wasn't sure he was 
even really a Seer.  He keeps having visions (but not in the same 
fashion as Trelawney's `true prediction'), and sometimes he mentions 
them, but only in passing, as if it's just an idea he had.  He also 
makes sure he `predicts' the wrong thing sometimes because he doesn't 
want anyone to find out.  He also doesn't base _all_ of his 
predictions on his Sight, since he doesn't really trust it yet, but 
instead goes with his gut instinct, even if he may have had visions 
that oppose it.

I know this is all incredibly far-fetched and lacking in canonical 
support, but I'd like to have some feedback.

Abby







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