[HPforGrownups] Re: Ron's 'sight'

[Katze]

No: HPFGUIDX 36482

david_p2002ca wrote:
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Ms Lizard Gizzard <lizgiz1980 at y...> wrote:
> >
> > It's not that I disagree, but could you offer some
> > evidence?  I haven't seen any sign that Ron has any
> > talent in divination.  But then, I haven't really
> > studied it.
> >
> > Liz Giz
> 
> Virtually every throw-away comment Ron makes in the books turns out
> to be prescient.  A couple of examples that immediately spring to
> mind:
> 
> When asked why Tom Riddle was given a special award for services to
> the school (CoS), he replies something along the lines of "Maybe he
> killed Myrtle"; in fact, Tom used the basilisk to kill her.
> 
> In GoF, when he and Harry make up their star charts, his includes a
> fight with a friend and his own death by drowning; shortly after, he
> and Harry split up over the Triwizard cup, and Ron is later taken
> away underwater by the mer-people.
> 
> There are scads of others; had I more time I'd start skimming the
> archives.  But rest assured, Ron has the Sight - and I'm sure he
> would deny it.
> 

In PoA, Ron predicts a windfall of money for Harry - Perhaps the
Triwizard Tournament winnings?

Another interesting one that I just found...Ron mentions an animal, and
then Trelawney takes the tea cup away. Trelawney see a Grim:
 "The Grim, my dear, the Grim!" ... "The giant, spectral dog that haunts
churchyards! My dear boy, it is an omen - ..."

Now...a few pages later...while at lunch, Ron says: "Harry," ... "you
haven't seen a great black dog anywhere, have you?"

The interesting thing is that Ron says _black_ dog, where Trelawney
never mentions a color.

Also, I believe Ron was the first to suggest that Lockhart had not
performed the exploits chronicled in his books. (CoS, Ch. 6, last line)

He also made some statements regarding Percy and his job becoming more
important than his family, but I don't remember which book it was in.

There are a couple of more to add to the list...

-Katze