Names

[alora67]

No: HPFGUIDX 39992

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Pen Robinson <pen at p...> wrote:
> James wrote:
> 
> >Ron WEASLEY.
> 
> >Weasley is a bad name for a good guy.  A weasel is not a nice (or
> >well regarded) animal.  Why would JKR do this.  I wouldn't mind 
if it
> >was a common name like (Dean) Thomas, or ethnic (Longbottom, 
Patel),
> >but Weasely isn't either of these things.  It seems that the 
majority
> >of the names in the HP series inform you of the nature of the
> >character.  I know this, you know this, there are websites 
dedicated
> >to this (excellent ones at that - and no I'm not saying this 
because
> >I contributed data to one of them).
> 
> When I first read 'Ron Weasley' I thought, 'must be a villain, 
then',
> because it is exactly the sort of name that in an old-fashioned
> jolly-hockey-sticks school book would be given to The Nasty One.  
(Anyone
> remember my post equating Draco to Mabel or Veronica?  Probably 
not.  Never
> mind.)
> PS  I *think* JKR said somewhere, sometime, that she rather 
approves of
> weasels.  This may help.


I remember back a couple of weeks ago, someone brought this up.  
Maybe it was longer, I'm not sure.  Someone looked up the "weasel"  
and shared some interesting info on the animal, something along the 
lines of "it's a small animal, but it can pack quite a punch."  Does 
anyone remember that post?  That got me thinking that the Weasleys 
may seem a nice, regular family, but back them into a corner and 
they will fight and fight hard!  Doesn't that sound like what they 
might do when backed into a corner with Voldemort?  I don't think it 
has to do with being "weasle-ly", I think it has to do with how the 
animal acts under pressure.  Anyway, if someone can remember what 
post that was, that might help.  Just my two cents!

Alora