Trelawney deserves credit, But so does Ron!

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 42718

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "grey_wolf_c" <greywolf1 at j...> wrote:

>Pity *I* don't buy the idea. Proof? Ron gets predictions right 
because he scouts almost all the possibilities> 

First, so sorry for not combining.  I read and responded to Naama's 
post before I read this.  

Here I must agree with Grey Wolf.  Harry shows clear evidence of 
Seeing, based on the dreams he has not only about Voldemort, but also 
about hearing the hoof beats of his father's animagus form in PoA.  
His dreams may not be about the future, but I'd say that Seeing is 
also about knowing things happening elsewhere in the present.

Ron, OTOH, may just be good at reading people.  I remember him making 
a comment about "a really clever wizard" being able to fool Dumbledore 
in GoF.  This could be interpreted at Seeing, but I'd say that it is 
simply a possible truth.  Ron already knows that James, Sirius and 
Peter fooled Dumbledore when they were students at Hogwarts; why 
wouldn't an adult be able to do the same?  If this is proof to some 
that Ron is a Seer, then we should probably say the same for Hermione: 
she sensed Trelawney's false persona right away.  She also never 
believed that Draco was the heir of Slytherin in CoS, while Ron 
insisted on it for a good portion of the year.

JKR seems to distinguish real Seers from the rest, by having them 
dream or go into trances.  I'll believe Ron can See when he does one 
of these things.  I'd also like to think that JKR wouldn't make Ron a 
Seer just because he is Harry's best friend who feels left out and 
each of the Trio should have special abilities.  That would be cheap 
and cliched, don't you think?

--jenny from ravenclaw **************************