Why "Lord"? / Weasley Clock / Draco / Middle Name

[Gabriel Edson]

No: HPFGUIDX 33397


Carrie Wrote:
>>The Tom thing was sort of a joke.  I know that it would be highly 
unlikely, albeit vey funny, that anyone would call him Tom (even if 
his common name was well known throughout the wizarding world. He 
would deserve to be called by his name, butI for one wouldn't be 
brave enough to do it! ; )<<

Here's something I've been wondering... Dumbledore is one of the few people who knows that LV is TR. He says in the very beginning of PS/SS that you should call him by his name, because not naming him properly increases the fear around him. So why doesn't Dumbledore call him TR? What's the big secret to be kept by keeping his real name out of circulation? And how is it that people know LV was a Slytherin if no one knows who LV really is?

Christi Wrote:
>>I also suspect that Ron may have so many brothers to set him up as a seventh son (Molly and Arthur would have only have had to lose one child, and it would explain the "mortal peril" clock).<<

Anyone remember whether Bill and Charlie are still listed on the clock, even though they don't live at home any more? Didn't it mention "all" the Weasleys being on it?

David wrote:
>>The question is, how can it be satisfying?  If Draco is redeemed, it seems like a literary cliche.  He has been set up as the bully who has nuisance value, the foil for Harry who so far manages to be absent whenever adventure really gets going.<<

I don't think that's true - I think that Draco is a cliche NOW, and there are lots of ways to "redeem" him without making him suddenly become their nicey-poo best friend! Personally, I'd like to see more dimension in Draco as either a bad guy OR a good guy!

Ron Yu wrote:
>>This one's not exactly discussion material, but I just
want to point out that unless I am mistaken and middle
names mean a different thing in Britain, or Lily and
Petunia's maiden name is James, I think what JKR
intends to tell us when she said that 'James' is
Harry's middle name, is that 'James' is part of
Harry's given name -- a second-name or
whatchamacallit.<<

Well, here in the U.S., a mother's maiden name isn't any part of a child's name unless their parent gives it to them as a middle name. A middle name is just another name - usually either named after a dead/loved relative or the second-choice name that the parents wanted to give you.

Gabriel
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