[HPforGrownups] Names - and Percy, Crabbe and Goyle

[rosie]

No: HPFGUIDX 39993

  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).

  Do weasles have large families? I think they are a sort of browny-red colour - like the Weasley hair? It sounds like "measley": reflecting their poverty? It's a pretty down-to-earth sounding name, for one thing, whereas "Malfoy" for example, sounds very pretentious and sneering already. 
  On a side note.. why are Crabbe and Goyle in Slytherin? They seem too dumb to have the cunning, cleverness and ambition that is meant to be a trait of Slytherins.. just a plot device? Or are they just ambitious in a more limited sense, fitting their limited intellectual horizons...hmm.

  And Percy. Is he just in Gryffindor so he appear in funny scenes with the rest of the Weasleys? Or does he have hidden courage we don't know about? He doesn't seem a Gryffindor type so far. 

  I wonder to what extent the Hogwarts students socialise. For example, Parvatti and her twin Padma are in different houses; I wonder if they ever see each other? Would it be acceptable to invite people from other houses over to your common room? As far as I can remember, the only inter-house visits in canon are when Ron and Harry sneak into Slytherin's common room in CoS, and that was hardly by invitation. Maybe this isn't really important.. it is just a thought...

  Rosie







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