request for acronym - missing Weasley child and Snape evil

[linda_mccabe]

No: HPFGUIDX 38247

Athena stands on the rocky shore deep in thought.  She is 
contemplating new battle strategies when the swift running of a grey 
wolf catches her attention.  He runs close to her, but in an 
unthreatening manner.  He drops a piece of parchment at her feet and 
quickly retreats.  Athena reaches downward and picks up the 
parchment and gives a small smile.  Her request for an acronym has 
been answered.  The slip with its pawprint proudly proclaims:


H.A.G.R.I.D. W.A.N.T.S. B.R.A.S.S. D.R.A.G.O.N.S. A.S. P.E.T.S.
(Harry's All-seing Groupie Ron Is Demonstrated: Weasleys 
Alphabetically Naming Their Sons Brings Ron As Seventh Son, David 
(Really A Good Offspring) Never Survived Although Still 
Positionating Exactly Third Son)


Athena then notices another piece of parchment blowing in the wind 
towards her.  She grabs it in midair and reads:

How about A.N.S.W.E.R.S.  (Abandoned Naming Scheme: Weasley's 
Enigmatic Ron a Seer) signed Brady

Athena considers this, but hesitates.  It is a simpler acronym and 
would be much easier to remember, but it doesn't mention the Seventh 
Son aspect which she considers to be crucial.  Then something else 
catches her eye.  There is a ship off the coast sailing by in the 
beautiful Greek waters.  The HMS LOLLIPOPS and Athena sees that the 
fair Captain Tabouli is waving to catch her attention.  The captain 
places a parchment in a bottle and drops it in the water.  The waves 
quickly bring it to the rocky shore.  Athena extracts the parchment 
and reads the message:

Poor old Ron, eh?  It's just not fair.  Overshadowed by his 
brothers, overshadowed by his best friends... what a:

W.A.N.T.O.N. M.O.R.A.S.S. O.F. T.O.S.H. (Weasleys Alphabetically 
Named Third Omitted Nipper, Making Our Ron A Seventh Son, 
Outstripping Fellows Through Oracular Secrets Harboured)

Athena considers the text of the acronym and thinks it appropriate, 
but furrows her brow when she considers the words that the initials 
spell out.  It seems disrespectful to the Goddess.  She shows the 
three parchments to her familiar, the owl perched on the shoulder of 
her armored breastplate.  The owl hoots approvingly to the one with 
the paw print on it.  Athena nods and tucks that parchment inside 
her tunic nearest her heart.  The other parchments she hands to Nike 
her companion as well as the bottle.  Nike will later fill the 
bottle with sacred olive oil and carefully scrape the ink from the 
parchments to reuse them later.

Athena decides to forgo thinking of battle plans for the evening.  
Instead she contemplates sitting at her loom and designing a new 
tapestry.  She is considering a new subject which would utilize many 
silver threads.  The noble wolf. 

 A howl can be heard in the air. A victory howl.

-Thank you for all your submissions,

Athena

And on a quick side note - I saw a video in my local library 
entitled "The Magical World of Harry Potter:the unauthorized story 
of J.K. Rowling.  Director/Producer Stephen Grant by Eaton 
Entertainment 2000, running time 50 minutes.  

I watched it once several months ago and I must say that it was poor 
quality at the time on my VCR as it had almost outlived its lifespan 
being watched far too many times by library patrons.  What is 
important from that video is that JKR was interviewed onstage and 
when asked about what characters she liked to write about the best - 
she had said the following about Snape (as near as my memory has on 
this) - she loved writing him because he was pure evil.  She also 
proclaimed that she loved writing Hagrid and felt that he would be a 
good friend to have with you in real life.  She mentioned going to a 
bank and needing a loan, "oh and by the way, I'd like you to meet my 
friend Hagrid."

This may or may not indicate that Snape is really the Evil Overlord 
in training - but it certainly doesn't discount anyone's 
uncertainties about his true intentions.  All I'm certain about is 
that Fudge Is Evil FIE!

----
Athena