Fourth Man canon/Weasleys Acronym

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 38404

Eloise wrote:
> I've just skimmed throught the graveyard scene again. I think one of 
> the issues that may have clouded things is the question of exactly 
> how many gaps there are. She doesn't really say. 
> When she describes the circle, she just says that there are gaps in 
> it. Voldemort then goes on specifically to remark on the two-person 
> Lestrage gap and the six- person one, (the three dead and the 
> deserter, the coward and the faithful servant). This, she tells us is 
> the *biggest* gap. Now, assuming that this isn't an example of sloppy 
> grammar (which I suppose we can't exclude), this implies that there 
> are more than two gaps in the circle and that implicitly Voldemort 
> has passed at least one other empty DE space without comment. 

I know nothing of the fourth man thory (and truth is, I don't want to 
know, it's far too complex and un-canon-like for my tastes), but if 
you're looking for canon, whatever the reason, I'll be happy to comply.
It's not sloppy grammar, since it's mentioned twice. The second, you've 
already mentioned. The first is when, after kissing the tunic, they get 
up and form a circle, leaving *spaces* (note the plural) in the circle. 
Of course, two is plural, but I don't think that if there were only two 
spaces JKR would have used the formula "spaces." Again, the fact that 
later on she says that the 6-person gap is "the biggest", gives me the 
feeling that it's NOT "the biggest *of the two*", but the biggest of 
several. At any rate, it looks like there are several people missing 
and several death-eaters who are not introduced "He continued his 
course. He passed before some Deat Eaters without saying anything, but 
he sttoped before others and spoke to them" (as always, liberal 
translation from my own language).

On another note completely, I remember that quite some time back it was 
asked if Mrs. Malfoy was a DE. I don't know if this was brought up, but 
we can see in this scene that married couples are standing besides one 
another, and Lucius is alone: he stands with wormtail at one side and 
the Lestranges in the other. This would indicate that Mrs. Malfoy is 
not a DE (the question that remains is whether she knows her husband IS 
a DE).

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> Weasleys........
> 
> I am delighted to find that Debbie has also found evidence for the 
> weasel as an animal of great symbolic significance and come to the 
> same conclusion as I have that the name indicate that they have an 
> important part to play in the battle ahead.
> 
> Acronym, anyone?
> 
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> Eloise

Hooooowl! Just when the Grey Wolf thought he had complied with the 
neverending petitions of acronyms from down south, and could rest his 
tired legs in the cold plains of the North, a new petition floats in 
the air, requesting anyone's assistance. Mildly offended because 
whomever asked did not do so properly - TAGWATCH exists to be 
consulted, not for petitions to be wildly thrown into the air - the 
noble sense of duty quickly grips his heart and -once again - sets 
forth in a dangerous path to find Eloise and surrender yet another 
acronym.

Which means: Here you've got a brand new theory-based acronym. By 
attacking the Weasleys, our favourite EvilOverlord doesn't realise that

V.O.L.D.E.M.O.R.T. W.A.K.E.S. A. W.I.L.D. A.N.I.M.A.L. (Voldemort 
Observes Laying-Dormant Enemy: Most Often Related To Weasleys's Animal 
Kindred Embodied Spirit, A Weasel's Inevitable Last Destiny: Although 
Named "Insignificant", Makes Adversary Loose).

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf, member of TAGWATCH, although still trying to work out how 
the devil the MAGIC machine works, while defending RICK'S THE BOSS, 
HARD SHIPWRECK and ENSLAVEMENT.